Wolf River Songs

Traditional songs of the Wisconsin lumberjacks are performed by the Walker family. Recorded in 1956 by Sidney Roberston Cowel, the songs are part of Walker family tradition (detailed in the liner notes) sung during cold winters working in logging camps. The songs find their origin in 19th century sailing songs that can be traced back through New England, Eastern Canada and the Great Lakes. The songs are not the usual work songs but instead "They are primarily tale- ballads rather than songs. Their hallmark is a sense of prodigious in human effort and experience."

Track Listing

101	The Little Brown Bulls	Robert Walker	03:17
102	The Lost Jimmie Whalen	Robert Walker	03:11
103	We are Anchored by the Roadside, Jim	Robert Walker	01:29
104	Foreman Monroe	Warde Ford	02:39
105	River Driver's Song	Warde Ford	01:18
106	The Keith and Hiles Line	Warde Ford	01:31
107	The Nightingales of Spring	Warde Ford	03:47
108	The Wild Colonial Boy	Robert Walker	01:48
109	Brennan on the Moor	Carlton Hawks	02:12
110	Land of Pleasure	Elizabeth Walker Ford	01:53
201	The Low Lands Low, or The Golden Willow Tree (Child No. 286)	Warde Ford	03:36
202	Andrew Batan (Child No. 250)	Warde Ford	03:32
203	Young Johnny	Warde Ford	02:50
204	The Flying Cloud	Robert Walker	04:49
205	The Sinking of the Cumberland	Warde Ford	02:46
206	The Wreck of the Lady Sherbrooke	Robert Walker	03:15
207	Pretty Polly (The False-Hearted Knight)(Child No. 4)	Clara Hawks Tracy	04:29