Name
Mabel Worcester
Files
Biography
Mabel Worcester lived in the Hanover, ME area for her entire life. She knew many old songs from the woods tradition, which she learned from her father. Her father had worked in the woods around Rumford as cook for several years in the late-nineteenth century.
Keywords
Hanover, Maine, woods, cook, Frank Worcester, “The Banks of Newfoundland, ” "Young Florilla"
Disciplines
Ethnomusicology | Folklore | Oral History
Recommended Citation
Worcester, Mabel, "Mabel Worcester" (2012). Maine Song and Story Sampler Artists. 29.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/songstorysamplerartists/29
Location
Hanover, Maine
Works
“The Banks of Newfoundland” collected by Frank Worcester.
"Young Florilla" collected by Frank Worcester.