Bridget (Bride) Judge was born in Patrick's Cove in 1908 and died in 1999. She left school in Grade 6 to go to Gooseberry Cove and care for her uncle and aunt. James and Ellen Doyle. She leamed a lot of songs from her uncle and she met her soulmate Patrick, who also loved music. Bride knew hundreds of songs -many of them old ballads with 20 or more verses. She and Paddy had five children but only two survived. They also fostered 18 and adopted two of those. The r house was always full of family. friends and music. Bride and Paddy performed at many folk festivals all over the province, in Canada and beyond.
A Few of Bride's Songs
Fifty Cents
A man is surprised by a date with a huge appetite (collected by Kenneth Goldstein in 1980. Courtesy of the ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ University
Folklore Archives).
John O'Reilly the Fisherman
Young love ends in tragedy (collected by Kenneth Goldstein in 1980. Courtesy of the ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ University Folklore Archives).
Johnny Doyle
A young woman would rather die than marry a man she doesn't love (collected by Kenneth Goldstein in 1980. Courtesy of the ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ University Folklore Archives).
Old and In the Way Bride Judge
There for the grace of God ... (collected by Kenneth Goldstein in 1980. Courtesy of the ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ University Folklore Archives).
Once The was a Sailor
A young woman won't be bought for gold (collected by Kenneth Goldstein in 1980. Courtesy of the ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ University Folklore Archives).
The Cape Shore Girls
Bride Judge gives us a community by community account of how they get on.
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