Katahdin Green

DESCRIPTION: "Katahdin is a pretty place" full of pretty girls; "You'd think it was some nightingale When they begin to sing." There are fish and skipping lambs. The singer hopes John Ross's lumber company comes. The singer and friends will drink and toast Katahdin
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1904 (Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine)
KEYWORDS: logger fishing drink
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine, pp. 76-78, "Katahdin Green" (4 texts)
Roud #7089
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "John Ross" (lyrics)
File: EcSm076

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