John Fergusson's Crew

DESCRIPTION: "There once was a man In Howland did dwell; His name was John Fergusson...." His lumber camp is small. The food is so bad the loggers claimed the butter moved. Tthe cooks are no good. Several men are lost. The camp is known by "the pork rind on the door"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1916 (Gray-SongsAndBalladsOfTheMaineLumberjacks)
KEYWORDS: logger hardtimes food cook moniker
FOUND IN: US(NE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Gray-SongsAndBalladsOfTheMaineLumberjacks, pp. 28-29, "John Fergusson's Crew" (1 text)
File: Gr029

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