feller from fortune (roud 4427) is a newfoundland folk song. fortune is a town in newfoundland. it was collected by margaret sargant and kenneth peacock in newfoundland in 1950/1 and first appeared in print in the mid-1950s. the earliest well-known recording is from 1961 by alan mills & jean carignan (from their album songs, fiddle tunes and a folk-tale from canada). more recently, it has been recorded by the blackthorn ceilidh band, dick nolan and great big sea.