Trimble's Crew

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, it's of a pair of jobbers who had a jolly time All in some old log shanty where the jobbers settle down." A disjointed song describing the work in Trimble's camp and how hard the life is: "A man who'd work for Trimble might better be in jail."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1965 (Fowke)
KEYWORDS: logger lumbering work hardtimes
FOUND IN: Canada(Ont)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Fowke-LumberingSongsFromTheNorthernWoods #8, "Trimble's Crew" (1 text, tune referenced)
ST FowL08 (Partial)
Roud #4467
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Lumber Camp Song" (theme, tune)
File: FowL08

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