Lumberjack's Prayer

DESCRIPTION: "Blue Monday, bitter Tuesday, Long Wednesday, everlasting Thursday, Friday, will you ever go? Sweet silver Saturday in the afternoon. Sunday, may you last forever. Amen. Two nights in the straw And three meals ahead."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1956 (Beck-TheyKnewPaulBunyan)
KEYWORDS: logger work
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Beck-TheyKnewPaulBunyan, p. 122, "Lumberjack's Prayer" (1 text)
Beck-LoreOfTheLumberCamps 4, "Lumberjack's Prayer" (1 text)
Roud #6508
File: BBun122B

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