Sh-Ta-Ra-Dah-Dey (Snagging the Klacking)

DESCRIPTION: "Sh-ta-ra-dah-dey, sh-ta-dey, Times is mighty hard. A dollar a day is all they pay For work on the boulevard." Alternately, "Hip-fa-lad-di-dee/Graybacks/Are mighty thick/A dollar a day/Is all they pay/For snaggin'/The Klacking Creek."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (Sandburg-TheAmericanSongbag)
KEYWORDS: work lullaby hardtimes lumbering nonballad logger worksong
FOUND IN: US(MW)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Sandburg-TheAmericanSongbag, pp. 36-37, "Sh-Ta-Ra-Dah-Dey" (1 short text, 1 tune)
Beck-SongsOfTheMichiganLumberjacks 23, "Snaggin' the Klacking" (1 short text)
Beck-TheyKnewPaulBunyan, p. 42, "Snaggin' the Klackin'" (1 short text)
Beck-LoreOfTheLumberCamps 17, "Snaggin' the Klackin') (1 short text)
Roud #6515 and 8861
NOTES [85 words]: While Beck gives no information about the circumstances under which the song was sung, it sounds enough like a worksong that I've given it that keyword. - PJS
Whereas Sandburg-TheAmericanSongbag lists his as a lullaby. I can't prove that these two are the same song -- but they're too similar to separate until fuller versions come along. Beck-TheyKnewPaulBunyan doesn't give a context, either, but he does describe snagging as one of the tasks of the logger, hinting that this is at least a song about work. - RBW
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