FTX-921-PADDLE THE ROAD WITH ME

YANKEE JOHN GALUSHA

43 British-American Folksongs performed by Yankee John Galusha and recorded in the Adirondacks by Frank and Anne Warner, 1940, 1946 & 1950. They include English, Scottish, Irish, Canadian & American Civil War Logger & Shantyboy Songs. 36 were included in TRADITIONAL AMERICAN FOLKSONGS (Syracuse Univ 1984) with texts, tunes, background notes and photos. This cassette, from the Adirondacks, N.Y., is the first of an outstanding archive series on U.S. East Coast traditions recorded by the Warners, 1940-1960, and edited by Peter Kennedy for FOLKTRAX by kind permission of the Warner Family.

1. Intro by Frank Warner & Galusha about himself, his work, family life and the Civil War (rec 1950) His talk about his early memories and the Civil War, transcribed by Anne & Frank were printed in the N.Y. FOLKLORE QUARTERLY (June 1966) - 18'53"

2. THE CABIN BOY (or THE MAID IN SORROW) [TAS Book #1] [Laws: P.35] - 1'18"

3. MY NAME IS EDWARD HOULIHAN (THE FLYING CLOUD) [#2] - 1'12"

4. THE BONNY BUNCH OF ROSES-O [#3] - 1'29"

5. THE LASS OF GLENSHEE [#4] Scots composition by A.Sharpe [Laws: O.6] - 1'01"

6. THE PLAINS OF BALTIMORE [#5] - 1'09"

7. THE St. ALBAN'S (or LONGFORD) MURDER (JAMES McDONALD) [#6] - 1'08"

8. THE WAXFORD (or OXFORD) GIRL [#7] [Laws: P.35] - 1'06"

9. THE AVIATOR'S HYMN (title given bef/3 vs & ch) talk bef - 1'23"

10. THE BRITISH-AMERICAN FIGHT (rec 1946) - 2'28"

11. THE BRITISH SOLDIER (or DYING BRITISH SERGEANT) [#10] - 0'21"

12. THE CUMBERLAND AND THE MERRIMAC [#11] - 1'04"

13. IN THE DAYS OF FORTY-NINE [#12] Gold Rush Song - 1'24"

14. GENERAL SCOTT AND THE VETERAN [#13] - 1'08"

15. THE IRISH SIXTY-NINTH [#14] - 0'55"

16. THE BANKS OF THE CLYDE - 1'00"

17. THE JAM ON GERRION'S ROCK [#16] Logger Song [Laws: C.1) - 1'13"

18. JAMES BIRD [#17] Revolution Song (title bef) [Laws: A.5] - 0'47"

19. JAMIE JUDGE (BONSHEE RIVER) [#18] Logger Song [Laws: C.4] - 1'22"

20. THE YOUNG PRINCE OF SPAIN [Laws: N.18] - 1'04"

21. THE BURNING HILLS OF EGYPT - 0'44"

22. THE BALLAD OF MONTCALM AND WOLFE [#21] (title bef) - 1'07"

23. THE RED, WHITE AND RED [#22] - 1'56"

24. ON SPRINGFIELD MOUNTAIN [#23] [Laws: G.16] - 1'49"

25. THE WOODMAN'S ALPHABET - 1'17"

26. THIS DAY WILL BE REMEMBERED (THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN) [#25] - 0'28"

27. DOWN IN A COAL MINE [#26] [I'm a Jovial Collier/ Sharp Ms. 5/42/ Lloyd: CAYBM] - 1'25"

28. OVER THE HILL TO THE POORHOUSE - 0'49"

29. THE LONGSHOREMEN'S STRIKE (POOR MAN'S FAMILY) [#28] - 1'47"

30. THE DRUNKARD'S DREAM [see FOLKTRAX 90-926] - 1'11"

31. AN OLD INDIAN SAT IN HIS LITTLE CANOE [#30] Logger Song - 1'09"

32. THE BLUE-EYED SOLDIER - 1'45"

33. PADDLE THE ROAD WITH ME [#32] (talk with FW aft/ rec 1950) - 2'44"

34. SHANTY BOY, FARMER BOY [#33] [see FOLKTRAX 90-922] - 1'15"

35. THE SHANTY MAN [#34] Logger Song - 1'17"

36. A TRIP ON THE ERIE [#35] (talk aft) [ERIE CANAL Lomax AB p.462] - 1'30"

37. THE TWENTY-THIRD [#36] - 0'32"

38. THE SIEGE OF RICHMOND (1 v only) - 0'30"

39. THE CUMBERLAND CREW [Laws: A.18] - 0'31"

40. BLACK RIVER GIRL - 0'23"

41. O' FOGGERTY AND O' REILLY (THE FENIAN FIGHT) - 1'44"

42. MICHIGAN-I-O [CANADAY-I-O Laws: C.16] - 1'58"

43. O HAVE YOU SEEN MY WILLIE-O? - 0'35"

44. THE UNLUCKY MAN rec 1946 - 2'34"

Most of the recordings, 1940-1, were made on a Wilcox Gay "Recordio" using acetate-coated paper disks, the rest, 1946 & 1950 on reel-to-reel tape.

Edited by Peter Kennedy and first published on Folktrax cassettes 1987.

JOHN GALUSHA (1859-1950) was born at Thurman, Warren County, N.Y. His father, a farmer, fought in the War of 1812 and died in 1892. John became a lumberjack at the age of 16 and later as a fire-warden, game and fishing guide and forest- ranger. In this later capacity, he met the President and also the State Governor, He and his wife, Lizzie, lived at Minerva for over 60 years until she died in 1949, a year before John's death at the age of 91.