Bakeapple Jam
The Caplin Haul
The Joe Batt's Arm Bully
Long May Your Big Jib Draw
A Newfoundland Come Home Song
Shooting Of The Bawks
The Six Horse-Power Coaker
Squarin Up Time
Squid Jiggin' Ground
Biographical Notes
Arthur Reginald Scammell was named a
member of the Order of Canada in 1988.
Squid Jiggin' Ground became Newfoundland's
first local hit record when it sold 15,000 copies in 1943.
Art Scammell composed it for a high school project
in 1928 when he was 15 years old. On April 1, 1949,
the carillon in the Peace Tower in Ottawa played it as
Canada welcomed Newfoundland into Confederation.
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