Lumbering on the Cass
DESCRIPTION: "How many of those pioneers, I wonder, are alive, Who used to lumber on the Cass in 1865? Over forty years ago, how swift the time it flies...." The singer recalls the troubles of bringing in supplies, lists some of the loggers, and recalls a fire in 1871
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1948 (Beck-LoreOfTheLumberCamps)
KEYWORDS: logger lumbering travel hardtimes fire river
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Beck-LoreOfTheLumberCamps 14, "Lumbering on the Cass" (1 text)
Roud #18196
File: BeLo014
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