'Way Down Near Alpena

DESCRIPTION: "Way down near Alpena in a far-distant land, There's a hard-hearted, hard-spoken band." The men go on a spree. The singer describes their fights. Chorus: "Hurray, hurrah! For the fruit you can bet/Let's take of a drink, boys, for our credit's good yet."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1926 (Rickaby-BalladsAndSongsOfTheShantyBoy)
KEYWORDS: logger drink party fight moniker
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (5 citations):
Beck-SongsOfTheMichiganLumberjacks 39, "'Way Down Near Alpena" (1 text)
Beck-TheyKnewPaulBunyan, pp 223-224, "'Way Down Near Alpena" (1 text, 1 tune)
Beck-LoreOfTheLumberCamps 112, 'Way Down Near Alpena" (1 text)
Rickaby-BalladsAndSongsOfTheShantyBoy 34-II, (second of three "Fragments of Shanty Songs") (1 text)
Rickaby/Dykstra/Leary-PineryBoys-SongsSongcatchingInLumberjackEra 34-II (second of three "Fragments of Shanty Songs") (1 text)
ST Be039 (Partial)
Roud #6503
File: Be039

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