Lumberman's Song

DESCRIPTION: "Winter it has come again, And to the woods we go." "It is work and work, from three till none." The singer lists some of the men in the camp: The tricky teamster Huey Mallinix, the McFarley Boys, the cook, the boss who carries the fire-poker
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1939 (Thompson)
KEYWORDS: logger work lumbering moniker
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Thompson-BodyBootsAndBritches-NewYorkStateFolktales, pp. 265-266, "Lumberman's Song" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Lumber Camp Song" (theme)
File: TNY265

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