Freeman Cull was born on January 11, 1924, in Island Bight, later resettling at Goose Cove, near St. Anthony, where he lived as a fisherman. He passed away in 1988.

Collector’s Note: Free played a few tunes for me on the fiddle one afternoon in his home. His hands were swollen and arthritic from years of fishing, and he explained that he “got a job to remember it now.” I did, however, get several little gems from him that day. He said they were tunes from his grandfather. Free’s wife Lori told me that I “should have heard him one time. He only had to hear a tune once to learn it.” He was once a good accordion player as well. Free also played Off She Goes, Strip the Willow.