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Ennis Sisters – Out from St. Leonard's

In 1997, the Ennis Sisters – a traditional trio from Newfoundland – released a CD called Red Is the Rose, which I bought during one of my shopping sprees at Fred's in St. John's. Tracy and I fell in love with the album, especially track 5, "Out from St. Leonard's," a song about the resettlement of people from the outports.

Hometown: St. John's
Canadian Content: the song is about the 1960s' forced resettlement that turned "the islands and the harbours and the coves" of rural Newfoundland into ghost towns
Release Date: 25 June 1997
Composer: Gary O'Driscoll
Album: Red Is the Rose
Style: Folk
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Mar*Star 150: 120

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