Mauling Live Oak

DESCRIPTION: "One day as I was traveling, I happened to think, My pockets were empty..." so he agrees to work for Captain Swift to go "live-oaking." Cutting live oak is hard work, the mosquitoes are fierce, and Charles Douglas wins all the singer's money at "Bluff"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1925 (Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine)
KEYWORDS: logger hardtimes bug gambling
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Eckstorm/Smyth-MinstrelsyOfMaine, pp.65-68, "Mauling Live Oak" (2 texts plus a fragment)
File: EkSm065

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