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Mark Walker (1846–1924) was a fisherman and songwriter from
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). He is best remembered for writing the song "
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". Walker was born in Tickle Cove,
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in 1846. He married Mary Downey of Coachman's Cove on August 30, 1873, and moved to Sweet Bay,
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around 1875. There he worked as a fisherman, a boat builder, and the first postmaster of Sweet Bay. Some of the songs written by Mark Walker include: * "
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" * " The Antis of Plate Cove" * " Fanny's Harbour Bawn" * " Girls From Sweet Bay" * " Nellie Neil" * " My Little Kettle" * " Down By Jim Long's Stage" Some of Walker's relatives have asserted that Walker also wrote " The Star of Logy Bay," and that the song was originally called "Love's Lamentations." It is believed that Walker wrote all of his songs before he moved to Boston in 1906.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, Mark 1846 births 1924 deaths 19th-century songwriters Newfoundland Colony people