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Guy Reed, Philip Walsh
Guy Reed, Philip Walsh
Maine Song and Story Sampler
"Guy Reed" is one of several songs by one of the great woods songmakers in Maine and the Maritimes, Joe Scott. Guy Reed, son of Joseph and Remember Mitchell Reed, was born in 1874 in the Byron, Maine area, and died in a logging accident just a few miles above Livermore Falls, Maine, on September 9, 1897.
Benjamin Deane, Chester Price
Benjamin Deane, Chester Price
Maine Song and Story Sampler
“Benjamin Deane” is a classic example of a confessional ballad, with a man in prison lamenting how he came to be there: bootlegging, adultery, and murder.
The Cambric Shirt, Jennie Gray
The Cambric Shirt, Jennie Gray
Maine Song and Story Sampler
"The Cambric Shirt" is one of the many British ballads chronicled by Francis James Child in the late nineteenth century. The song is titled "The Elfin Knight" in Child's collection, and "The Cambric Shirt" is one of many names of the many variations on the song.