Gerald was born in Clattice Harbour in 1944 and died in 2001. He was a carpenter who loved to sing. Gerald was married to Mary Hanlon from Bar Haven. They had two children, Irene and Jim, who inherited his musical abilities.
A Few of Gerald's Songs
Bound Down for Newfoundland
A popular song about a sea voyage.
Down by the Tanyard Side
A man is forced to leave home and his lover because her father.
Jimmy Whelan
A sad ballad with a ghostly twist.
Maggie Darling
A man abandons his love never to return.
Patty O'Brien
A man gets drunk aboard ship, is swallowed by a whale and spit out again.