The Mummer's Song [With CD (Audio)]

By Bud Davidge

Book Overview

New edition with CD!

On a cold, clear Newfoundland night shortly after Christmas, several outlandishly costumed mummers appear, and Granny's house suddenly erupts in a burst of joking and tomfoolery, raucous singing and exuberant dancing. Granny and her two young charges are instantly caught up in the merriment. When the evening's festivities come to a close, the mummers bid a fond farewell until next year.

Popular singer Bud Davidge wrote The Mummer's Song as a tribute to a centuries-old custom in danger of disappearing. Since its publication in 1973, it has fostered a revival of mummering, as noted author and Newfoundland son Kevin Major points out in his afterword.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0888999607
• ISBN13: 9780888999603
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Groundwood Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 9.2" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3