Jerry Ryan

DESCRIPTION: "Now all you young men who go chopping, ... I was working With that foreman, well known Jerry Ryan." Work is scarce, so the boys go logging in Bishop's Falls. The price is low for scrub spruce; the charge exorbitant for saw, board, and doctor fees.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1955 (Doyle-OldTimeSongsAndPoetryOfNewfoundland, 3rd edition)
KEYWORDS: lumbering ordeal hardtimes logger
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Peacock, pp. 748-749, "Gerry Ryan" (1 text, 1 tune)
Doyle-OldTimeSongsAndPoetryOfNewfoundland, "The Foreman, Well Known Jerry Ryan" (1 text, 1 tune): p. 68 in the 3rd edition
Lehr/Best-ComeAndIWillSingYou 58, "Jerry Ryan" (1 text, 1 tune)
Blondahl-NewfoundlandersSing, p. 118, "The Foreman, Well-Known Jerry Ryan" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #4414
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Twin Lakes" (theme)
File: Doyl3068

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