When Harvest Days Were Ended
DESCRIPTION: "When harvest days were ended, Back from the wooly west To Georgetown came 'The Sergeant.'" He takes a job logging. He calls his mother and says the work has proven painful. At last he escapes the camp and can now be found at the grocery store
AUTHOR: John Dunham? (source: Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine)
EARLIEST DATE: 1916 (Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine)
KEYWORDS: lumbering hardtimes injury mother
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine, pp. 171-172, "When Harvest Days Were Ended" (1 text)
Roud #23384
File: EcSk171
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