Logger's Sweetheart, The

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, yes, my dear, I'm a logger, And I am lonesome too, For I recently lost my true love; She much resembled you." They talk about their fiery lievs in the cold climate, mostly boasting of impossibilities. The two have an exaggerated married life
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1992 (Nash/Scofield)
KEYWORDS: love courting lumbering humorous drink children derivative
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
ADDITIONAL: Tom Nash and Twilo Scofield, _The Well-Travelled Casket: Oregon Folklore_, Meadowlark Press, 1999, p. 66, "The Logger's Sweetheart" (1 text, tune implied)
Roud #5471
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Frozen Logger" (tune, ideas)
File: NaSc066

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