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The Winter of Seventy-Three

(Lawrence Gorman)

1 All men who follow the lumber woods, attention pay to me,

To an interesting ditty, which I now sing unto thee.

I'll tell you what we do endure. both rain and sleet and cold.

And hardship that we undergo. most bitter to behold.

2 On the twentieth of October, in the year of seventy-three,

I left my native island and sailed for Miramichi;

I hired the day I landed there to work in Snowball's mill,

A large three-story building at the foot of Sawdust Hill.

3 Before I hired I asked the Boss, `What wages do you pay?'

He cleared his head and answered, saying, `Seven shillings per day.'

`Twas four weeks I stopped in hear, a-working with a will,

And soon became acquainted with the folks of Sawdust Hill......................................

November 17, 2008