“Once More A-Lumbering Go”

Description

The singer calls on "all you sons of freedom" to "range the wild woods over and once more a-lumbering go." He briefly describes the work of cutting the trees, the sleighing and hunting, and the joyful return to their families

Recordings

• Carl Lathrop, "Once More A-Lumbering Go" (AFS, 1938; on LC56)
• Lawrence Older, "Once More A-Lumbering Go" (on LOlder01)
• Pete Seeger, "Once More A-Lumbering Go" (on PeteSeeger29)

References

1. Warner 31, "Once More A-Lumbering Go" (1 text, 1 tune)
2. Lomax-FSUSA 48, "Once More a-Lumb'ring Go" (1 text, 1 tune)
3. Beck 4, "Once More a-Lumbering Go" (1 text, 1 tune)
4. Fowke-Lumbering #4, "A-Lumbering We Go" (1 text, 1 tune, a mixed text starting with two stanzas of "Once More A-Lumbering Go" and continuing with a version of "Bung Yer Eye" minus the chorus)
5. DT, LUMBERN* LUMBRIN2*
6. Roud #591
7. BI, Wa031