Winter of '73, The (McCullam Camp)

DESCRIPTION: In 1873, the singer takes a job at Snowball's mill in Miramichi. A few weeks later, the mill closes, and he sets out for Indiantown. He meets some portagers, who bring him to McCullam's camp, where he has many adventures too complex to describe here
AUTHOR: Larry Gorman (1846-1917)
EARLIEST DATE: 1949
KEYWORDS: logger work unemployment
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
1873 - Larry Gorman left home for Miramichi
FOUND IN: Canada(Mar)
REFERENCES (6 citations):
Doerflinger-SongsOfTheSailorAndLumberman, pp. 214-215, "The Winter of '73 (McCullam Camp)" (1 text, 1 tune)
Ives-FolksongsOfNewBrunswick, pp. 36-39, "The Winter of Seventy-Three" (1 text, 1 tune)
Manny/Wilson-SongsOfMiramichi 49, "The Winter of '73 (McCullam Camp)" (1 text, 1 tune)
Ives-LarryGorman, pp. 54-56, 202, "The Winter of Seventy-Three" (1 text, 1 tune)
Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine, pp. 114-118, "The Winter of Seventy-Three" (1 text)
DT, WINTER73
Roud #1942
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Lumber Camp Song" and references there
File: Doe214

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