Grouchy Bill

DESCRIPTION: "Yes, I know Bill was grouchy, I know he was sometimes tough, Still... He had p'ints what was good enough." When the crew is called to break a logjam on the Brule, a young man is caught out on the river. Bill sets out to rescue him; both die
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1943 (Menominee Herald-Leader, according to Beck-TheyKnewPaulBunyan)
KEYWORDS: logger rescue death river
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Beck-TheyKnewPaulBunyan, pp. 156-161, "Grouchy Bill" (1 text)
Beck-LoreOfTheLumberCamps 86, "Grouchy Bill" (1 text)
Roud #6511
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Jim Bludsoe" (theme of a dead rescuer)
NOTES [23 words]: Beck doesn't say so, but this feels to me like it was inspired by "Jim Bludsoe," although it sounds as if it was based on a real event. - RBW
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File: BBun156

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