Ridin' the Smokestack

DESCRIPTION: "One night when logs were rafted Down to the planing mil The sparkling moonshine outside and in Was giving Del a thrill." Del sets out with a whoop; the log breaks loose -- but "Del found at port he'd ridden The shadow of the smokestack."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1948 (Beck-LoreOfTheLumberCamps)
KEYWORDS: humorous talltale trick logger
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Beck-LoreOfTheLumberCamps 44, "Ridin' the Smokestack" (1 text)
Roud #18187
File: BeLo044

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