Homesteader, The

DESCRIPTION: "On a distant lonely prairie, In a little lonely shack, New life the homesteader faces; On the world he's turned his back." He lives fifteen miles from a neighbor, and a hundred miles from a town. But he has freedom and is building up Canada
AUTHOR: Words: John Hughes Arnett
EARLIEST DATE: 1959 (MacLeod-SongsOfOldManitoba)
KEYWORDS: home farming freedom nonballad
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
MacLeod-SongsOfOldManitoba, #12, pp. 75-77, "The Homesteader" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #25769
File: Macl12

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