Winter on Renous, A

DESCRIPTION: October 9, 1904, "rovin' Joe" leaves Indiantown for lumbering with the sons of Morgan Hayes. "They had no mercy on a man But to work him day and night." He tries other crews but returns to Hayes. "I spent a winter on Renous And now I love their ways"
AUTHOR: Joe Smith, "a Miramichi man who liked to call himself 'the rovin' Joe'" (Manny/Wilson-SongsOfMiramichi)
EARLIEST DATE: 1961 (Manny/Wilson-SongsOfMiramichi)
KEYWORDS: lumbering ordeal humorous moniker horse
FOUND IN: Canada(Mar)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Manny/Wilson-SongsOfMiramichi 48, "A Winter on Renous" (1 text, 1 tune)
ST MaWi048 (Partial)
Roud #9180
File: MaWi048

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