Way Up at Leota

DESCRIPTION: "Come all you jackpine savages wherever you may be"; the singer will tell of working for John Griffin at Leota. It's cold. They have to get rise 4:00 a.m. The work is too hard. When they finish, they'll drink until they feel better -- and return next year
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1956 (Beck-TheyKnewPaulBunyan)
KEYWORDS: work lumbering hardtimes drink
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Beck-TheyKnewPaulBunyan, pp. 50-51, "Way Up at Leota" (1 text)
Roud #6517
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Lumber Camp Song" (theme) and references there
File: BBun050

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