Sixteen Men in a Pine-Slab Bunk

DESCRIPTION: "Sixteen men in a pine-slab bunk -- Gosh, how the bullies snore!" They sleep soundly to prepare for the next day's work. They are so crowded that they have to turn in their bed in unison. They wait, eat a lot, and head out into the woods to work
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1948 (Beck-LoreOfTheLumberCamps)
KEYWORDS: logger lumbering work derivative
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Beck-LoreOfTheLumberCamps 32, "Sixteen Men in Pine-Slab Bunk" (1 text)
NOTES [47 words]: Clearly derived from Stevenson's "Fifteen men on the Dead Man's Chest," which mean it must have originated after Treasure Island was published in 1883; Beck says further that it is derived from Young E. Allison's 1891 poem "Derelict," an expansion of Stevenson's short text. - RBW
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