- Written by
- [Traditional]
- Publication date
- 1896
- Language
- English
- Comments
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A song known under many different titles describing day to day life in a 19th Century North American lumber camp, with details given of the employer, the workforce, meals, smoking in the evening and sleep. There are many variants arising from the local details added as the song has been passed on.
One source states that the song "originated about 1847 near Muskegon, Michigan" but others have noted that no evidence is cited for this assertion. The origin has also been placed possibly as New Brunswick or Maine.
Several sources indicate that the tune is of Scottish origin under the title "Musselburgh Fair" but, while the Scottish origin is plausible, evidence of a tune by that name has not yet been found.
The publication date above is the earliest known, a songster: Delaney's Song Book #13. - Licensing
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Versions
Cutting Down the Pines written by [Traditional] English
Cutting Down the Pines written by [Traditional] instrumental
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| i | Double Sledder Lad | Rufus Guinchard | 1982 |
The Knickerbocker Line written by [Traditional] English
The Bigler's Crew written by [Traditional] English
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Trip of the Bigler | Stanley Baby | 1964 | |||
| The Bigler | Jolly Jack | 1983 | |||
| The Bigler's Crew | Lee Murdock | 1989 |
The Dogger Bank written by [Traditional] English
The Station Cook written by [Traditional] English
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Station Cook | Burl Ives | February 1953 | |||
| The Station Cook | Gary Shearston | June 1965 |
The Lachlan Tigers written by [Traditional] English
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lachlan Tigers | A.L. Lloyd | 1956 | |||
| Lachlan Tigers | Gary Shearston | March 1964 | |||
| The Lachlan Tigers | Martyn Wyndham Read | April 1966 | |||
| Lachlan Tigers | The Bushwackers Band | 1977 | |||
| Lachlan Tigers | Cobbers | 1977 | |||
| Lachlan Tigers | The Sandsacks | March 2012 |
The Road to Clady written by [Traditional] English
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Road to Clady | Gerry O'Connor and Eithne Ní Uallacháin | 1991 | |||
| The Road to Clady | Ruth Keggin | February 15, 2014 | |||
| The Road to Clady | Craobh Rua | 2014 |
Arkle written by Dominic Behan English
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkle | Dominic Behan | April 1965 | First release | ||
| Arkle | Seamus Kennedy | 2005 |
Bachgen Bach o Dincer written by Thomas Parry, [Traditional] Welsh
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachgen Bach o Dincer | Meredydd Evans | 1954 | First release | ||
| Bachgen Bach o Dincer | Helen Wyn | 1965 | |||
| Bachgen Bach o Dincer | Swyn | 1975 | |||
| Bachgen Bach o Dincer | Yr Hwntws | 1982 | |||
| Bachgen Bach o Dincer | Siwsann George | September 1994 | |||
| Bachgen Bach o Dincer | Never Mind the Bocs | 2004 | |||
| Bachgen Bach o Dincar | Cerys Matthews | June 21, 2010 |
Bachgen Bach o Dincer written by Jenny Sorrenti, Marcello Vento Multiple languages
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachgen Bach o Dincer | Jenny Sorrenti | May 2009 | First release |