Songs
of the
Lumbermen
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Share the hearty laughter, outrageous boasts,
and some poignant recollections from their
leisure hours.
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An entertaining and informative mix of songs & ballads from and about North American lumbermen.
Program is typically one hour, but may be longer or shorter to suit your needs.
Program selections include:
Shanty Boy on the Big Eau Claire: comic
ballad of unrequited love sung in lumbercamps.
Pinery Boys: delightful images of life in a logging camp.
Lumberman's Alphabet: great chorus song adapted by lumbermen from a ditty of deep-sea sailors.
Lost Jimmy Whalen: Excessive grief calls the drowned lumberman back for the cold solace of one last embrace.
* Historical Societies * Arts Centers *
* Festivals * Folk Clubs*
* Museums * Concert Series *
* Libraries * House Concerts*
* Log drives & cattle drives had many parallels.
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Both logs & cattle were branded to show their owners.
Rustling was a problem for both.
The men were often in danger of being crushed during the drives.
Companions in hard work & danger relaxed sharing songs & stories.
* In at least one lumber camp each man was required to sing, tell a story, or in some way entertain his fellows or be hit with a salt codfish.