STAR  OF  LOGY  BAY 

Time signature:  3/4
Tempo: ~ 220  bpm.
Composer:  Unknown,
Possibly Mark Walker?
Accordion Notation   
Beats per bar = 3
Beat symbol = Dot ( . ) or equivalent

​Either row:  Buttons 2* to 7*

Verse 1 (of 6)

"4  "3*   |   :3    .4   |   :3*   .5   |    :6*   .5*   |   :5 
  Ye          lad - ies     and  ye       gen - tle  -  men, 

                                                    "3*  "4   |   :4*   .3*   |   :3    .2*   |   .:3~ | ~:
                                                       I            pray  you     lend  an       ear,     

    .5   |   :6    .7    |   .7*  .6*   .7*   |   :6     .6   |   :6*              
While       I     lo  -   cate        the      res  -  i  -   dence 

                                             "5*  "5*   |   :5     .3*   |    :4       .4*   |   .:5~ | ~:  
                                              of     a       love - ly       charm - er         fair. 

  .5   |   :6     .7   |   .7*   .6*   .7*   |   :6     .6     |   :6*        
The    curl - ing      of            her      yel - low      locks 

                                                               .5*   |   :5      .3*   |    :4    .4*  |   .:5~ | ~:
                                                              first     stole  my      heart   a   -   way,  

"4     "3*   |     :3    .4   |   :3*   .5   |   :6* .5*   |   :5         
And  her      place  of      hab  - i  -     ta      -   tion  

                                                    "3*  "4  |   :4*    .3*   |   :3   .2*   |   .:3~ | ~: 
                                                      is          down  in        Lo - gy        Bay. 

Embedded youTube VIDEOS
Key:  C

Tempo: ~230 bpm

Singer:  Harry Hibbs

​Posted by:  quickaccent2006
Key:  C

Tempo:  ~ 225 bpm

Singer:  Eddie Coffey  

​Posted by:  NLTreasure
Key:  F

Tempo: ~ 215 bpm

Player:  Poss Slaney

Posted by:  Newfieposs
Key:  D
​
Tempo ~ 225 bpm

Group:   Ryan's Fancy

Posted by: quickaccent2006
​
Key:  C

Tempo ~ 230 bpm.

Group:  Baccalieu Rovers
Singer:  Dale Walsh
Accordion:  Jonathan Broderick

Posted by: Gerard Broderick
Key:  A 

Tempo:  ~ 200 bpm

Player:  ?

​Posted by:  mike1409040
​
Key:  A

Tempo ~ 210 bpm.

Singer: Ed McCurdy

Posted by: rmm413e
Key:  C

Tempo: ~245 bpm

Player:  Brad Lushman

​Posted by:  Brad Lushman

​(Inside row on a B-C Accordion)

​
Key: C?

Tempo ~ 190 bpm

Pianist:  Rene Gerard

Posted by: #ReneGerard

The tune begins at 20 s point,
with musical side trips throughout.
Play this video for a slightly different interpretation (melody and rhythm) of this traditional NL song. 

Key:  D?
​
Tempo: ~ 190 bpm

Group:  Sliabh (an Irish musical group)
Singer:  Donal Murphy

​Posted by:  lorgain2
BACKGROUND MATERIALS, INFORMATION & LINKS
​Lyrics:
Ye ladies and ye gentlemen, I pray you lend an ear,
While I locate the residence of a lovely charmer fair.
The curling of her yellow locks first stole my heart away,
And her place of habitation is down in Logy Bay.

It was on a summer's evening this little place I found.
I met her ag-ed father who did me sore confound,
Saying, "If you address my daughter I'll send her far away,
And she never will return again while you're in Logy Bay."

How could you be so cruel as to part me from my love?
Her tender heart beats in her breast as constant as a dove.
Oh, Venus was no fairer, nor the lovely month of May.
May heaven above shower down its love on the star of Logy Bay.

'Twas on the very next morning he went to St. John's town
And engaged for her a passage in a vessel outward bound.
He robbed me of my heart's delight and sent her far away,
And he left me here downhearted for the star of Logy Bay.

Oh, now I'll go a-roaming, I can no longer stay.
I'll search the wide world over in every count-er-ie.
I'll search in vain through France and Spain, likewise Americay,
Till I will sight my heart's delight, the star of Logy Bay.

Now to conclude and finish, the truth to you I'll tell.
Between Torbay and Outer Cove, 'tis there my love did dwell.
The finest girl that graced our Isle, so every one did say.
May heaven above send down its love on the star of Logy Bay!
​May heaven above send down its love on the star of Logy Bay!
Sources:
(Items 2 to 5 at right are sometimes available in local music stores, and 4 & 5 may be purchased online from Vinland Music.  
Excellent sources for lyrics and piano & guitar music!
  1. Gerald S. Doyle Songbook
  2. Favorite Songs of Newfoundland (Alan Mills & Keneth Peacock, Published by BMI Canada Ltd., 1958)
  3. All Around the Circle, Volume 1 (Lyle Drake & Sean Harris, Published by Tilt Hill Publishing Company, 2000)
  4. Catch ahold this One, Volume 1  (Eric West, Published by Vinland Music, 2002)
  5. Newfoundland Explorations for Guitar (Eric West, Published by Vinland Music, 2011)
Background:
A paper (available here for "download" in PDF format) by Dr. Philip Hiscock of Memorial University's Folklore Department gives background information on this song, including an analysis of the claim that the lyrics were written by Mark Walker (1846-1924) of Tickle Cove & Sweet Bay, Bonavista Bay, NL.  

The current tune (above) is relatively recent, and was popularized by the McNulty Family in a 1948 recording, though it probably predates that recording by at least a few years.  (This was a popular Irish-American Group, who performed in Newfoundland in the 1940s;  I remember hearing and enjoying their music on the "Big Six" radio program in the 1950s.)