Joe Brook

DESCRIPTION: The singer leaves Grey Rapids in October 1924 and takes the train for Deersdale to go logging with Coughlan on Joe Brook. The crew has men from every country. Key men in the crew are named.
AUTHOR: Frank O'Hara
EARLIEST DATE: 1958 (Manny/Wilson-SongsOfMiramichi)
KEYWORDS: lumbering moniker
FOUND IN: Canada(Mar)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Ives-FolksongsOfNewBrunswick, pp. 77-80, "Joe Brook" (1 text, 1 tune)
Ives-LarryGorman, pp. 174-175, "Joe Brook" (1 text, 1 tune)
Manny/Wilson-SongsOfMiramichi 25, "The Joe Brook Song" (1 text, 1 tune)
ST IvNB077 (Partial)
Roud #1948
NOTES [28 words]: Manny/Wilson-SongsOfMiramichi: The song "describes life at Coughlan's Camp in a lumber operation for Geo. Burchill & Sons of South Nelson" near the Miramichi River. - BS
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File: IvNB077

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