Wolf River Songs
Various Artists

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
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The Little Brown Bulls | Robert Walker | 3:17 | |
102
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The Lost Jimmie Whalen | Robert Walker | 3:11 | |
103
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We are Anchored by the Roadside, Jim | Robert Walker | 1:29 | |
104
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Foreman Monroe | Warde Ford | 2:39 | |
105
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River Driver's Song | Warde Ford | 1:18 | |
106
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The Keith and Hiles Line | Warde Ford | 1:31 | |
107
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The Nightingales of Spring | Warde Ford | 3:47 | |
108
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The Wild Colonial Boy | Robert Walker | 1:48 | |
109
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Brennan on the Moor | Carlton Hawks | 2:12 | |
110
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Land of Pleasure | Elizabeth Walker Ford | 1:53 | |
201
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The Low Lands Low, or The Golden Willow Tree (Child No. 286) | Warde Ford | 3:36 | |
202
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Andrew Batan (Child No. 250) | Warde Ford | 3:32 | |
203
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Young Johnny | Warde Ford | 2:50 | |
204
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The Flying Cloud | Robert Walker | 4:49 | |
205
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The Sinking of the Cumberland | Warde Ford | 2:46 | |
206
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The Wreck of the Lady Sherbrooke | Robert Walker | 3:15 | |
207
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Pretty Polly (The False-Hearted Knight)(Child No. 4) | Clara Hawks Tracy | 4:29 |