Wright and Ketchen Line

DESCRIPTION: Singer describes working on the Wright and Ketchen narrow-gauge lumber railroad, and the characters with whom he works. At the end of the season, he plans to go to Saginaw and spend his money.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1941 (Beck-SongsOfTheMichiganLumberjacks)
KEYWORDS: lumbering work railroading moniker
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Beck-SongsOfTheMichiganLumberjacks 16, "Wright and Ketchen Line" (1 text)
Beck-LoreOfTheLumberCamps 27, "Wright and Ketchum Line" (1 text)
Roud #8865
NOTES [31 words]: This comes close to being a nonballad, since very little happens in it; after being turned out in the woods, everyone works -- after which the song deviates into character descriptions. - PJS
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File: Be016

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