Mill (II), The

DESCRIPTION: "Beside of clump o' needlewood we anchor down the mill." The singer describes building the mill. It isn't fancy; "no wealth of Yankee gear" or clerks or large crew; there are just nine or ten of them. The trees are going down; soon "we'll be all cut out"
AUTHOR: Words: C. H. Winter? (source: Colquhoun-NZ-Folksongs-SongOfAYoungCountry)
EARLIEST DATE: 1972 (Colquhoun-NZ-Folksongs-SongOfAYoungCountry)
KEYWORDS: lumbering work technology
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Colquhoun-NZ-Folksongs-SongOfAYoungCountry, p. 93, "The Mill" (1 text, 1 tune) (p. 54 in the 1972 edition)
RECORDINGS:
Bill Taylor, "The Mill" (on NZSongYngCntry)
File: Colq054

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