Pounding Rock into the Temple Foundation

DESCRIPTION: "Now I pray you be still and I'll hush your noise While I sing about Carter and the pounder and boys." The rock-pounding is very loud. The singer describes how it was done. The singer wishes success to those who did the work
AUTHOR: Charles L. Walker (source: Cheney-MormonSongs)
EARLIEST DATE: 1960 (Cheney-MormonSongs)
KEYWORDS: work | Mormon temple
FOUND IN: US(Ro)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Cheney-MormonSongs, p. 125, "Pounding Rock into the Temple Foundation" (1 text, tune referenced)
Roud #10855
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Cork Leg" (tune)
NOTES [17 words]: For St. George, Utah, and other songs about it, see the notes to "Saint George and the Drag-On." - RBW
Last updated in version 6.6
File: ChMS125

Go to the Ballad Search form
Go to the Ballad Index Song List

Go to the Ballad Index Instructions
Go to the Ballad Index Bibliography or Discography