Song of Old Potter

DESCRIPTION: "Sing, O Muse of the mountains, In rhythm rugged and vibrant! Sing to the music of streamlets...." The poem praises the pioneers who settled Potter County, and its fertility, as well as its part in the Gettysburg campaign
AUTHOR: Belle Haskell (source: Shoemaker-MountainMinstrelsyOfPennsylvania)
EARLIEST DATE: 1931 (Shoemaker-MountainMinstrelsyOfPennsylvania); reportedly written 1904
KEYWORDS: home war farming
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Shoemaker-MountainMinstrelsyOfPennsylvania, pp.173-176, "Song of Old Potter" (1 text) (pp. 149-152 in the 1919 edition)
Roud #14097
NOTES [15 words]: Patently not traditional. And not worth the effort. Note the invocation of the muses! - RBW
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