Manistee Lumberjack, The

DESCRIPTION: "I'm a rippin', roarin' lumberjack From up on the Manistee... And the drinks are all on me." The lumberjack boasts of where he has worked and all he has done. He invites his companions to drink until he uses up his pay, then he'll go back to earn more
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1956 (Beck-TheyKnewPaulBunyan)
KEYWORDS: drink logger money work
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Beck-TheyKnewPaulBunyan, pp. 64-65, "The Manistee Lumberjack" (1 text)
Roud #6520
File: BBun064

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