Lumberjack Song, The

DESCRIPTION: A call to Newfoundland lumberjacks: "On the banks of Red Indian Lake" we'll cut down the pines in the day and sing around our shanty fires at night. "We'll range the wild woods o'er as a-lumbering we'll go"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1951 (MUNFLA-Leach)
KEYWORDS: lumbering logger nonballad
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf)
Roud #30154
RECORDINGS:
Michael Murphy, "The Lumberjack Song" (on MUNFLA-Leach)
NOTES [20 words]: "The Lumberjack's Song" seems based on "Chase The Buffalo" (I), and the tune is close to that of "The Bigler's Crew." - BS
Last updated in version 4.4
File: ML3LumSo

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