Up on Elk Lake

DESCRIPTION: "I stand and gaze at a little stream That flows from Elk Lake to the Bay. My mind goes back, and in a dream, I'm a boy again at play." The singer recalls the furnace, chemical plant, and all the buildings of a mill town, as well as his own father
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1948 (Beck-LoreOfTheLumberCamps)
KEYWORDS: lumbering technology home dream father
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Beck-LoreOfTheLumberCamps 106, "Up on Elk Lake" (1 text)
Roud #18181
File: BeLo106

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