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The Frozen Logger

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Written
  
1928

Writer(s)
  
James Stevens

Published
  
1949

Language
  
English

The Frozen Logger is an American folk song, written by James Stevens. It is a tall tale song which makes reference to a logger being identifiable by the habit of stirring coffee with his thumb.

Contents

  • The Weavers 1951
  • Odetta & Larry The Tin Angel 1954
  • Cisco Houston Hard Travellin 1954
  • Homer and Jethro "Barefoot Ballads" 1957
  • Jimmy Rogers 1960
  • Odetta At the Town Hall 1963
  • Rolf Harris Man With The Microphone 1966
  • Alex Campbell Way Out west 1967
  • Oscar Brand
  • The first verse or the first two verses were sometimes played as a snippet during instrument tuning breaks by the Grateful Dead in concert mainly in 1970. It was usually sung by Bob Weir and Phil Lesh.

    Cinema

    An animated version is available as The Frozen Logger 1963.

    Published

  • Bunk Shanty Ballads and Tales, James Stevens, Oregon Historical Quarterly, volume 50, number 4. December 1949.
  • Rise Up Singing 1988 page 137
  • Parody

    The Frozen Jogger.

    References

    The Frozen Logger Wikipedia