FOLIO: The Lumber Camp Song

Since it is easier to cut down trees when the sap is not running, loggers in Newfoundland work winters “cutting down the pine”. Many songs and lumberjack traditions have been passed down over the years. Among them is The Lumber Camp Song, also known as The Shanty Boy’s Song. Since the tunes of Newfoundland were highly influenced by the Irish and Scottish music traditions, students will find motifs from the Irish fiddle tune Swallowtail Jig here and there.