Union RIver Drivers, The

DESCRIPTION: "Here's Johnny Archer, that blacksmith of skill... And the top of his head like the full moon doth shine." A description of those on the river crew, mixing compliments and mild sarcasm
AUTHOR: Larry Gorman (1846-1917)
EARLIEST DATE: 1957 (Ives-LarryGorman)
KEYWORDS: lumbering river moniker nonballad
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Ives-LarryGorman, pp. 90, 201, "The Union River Drivers" (1 text, highly composite)
Roud #25115
NOTES [33 words]: Ives lists this song (or, rather, conflated set of stanzas from many informants) as being by Larry Gorman, but I wonder. It's just a moniker song, with very little of the usual Gorman acid wit. - RBW
Last updated in version 6.1
File: LaGoURDr

Go to the Ballad Search form
Go to the Ballad Index Song List

Go to the Ballad Index Instructions
Go to the Ballad Index Bibliography or Discography