Name

Robert French

Authors

Robert French

Files

Biography

Robert French was one of Sister Poulin’s main sources of folksongs. He learned a large portion (if not all) of the songs he knew from his grandfather, a lumberman and singer from the glory days of the Maine woods, as a teenager. Like his grandfather, Robert French went to work in the woods, but due to some sort of injury he was forced to retire early from woods work.

Keywords

Sister Poulin, lumberman, singer, woods, Maine, "Canaday-I-O", "Old Horse or The Sailor’s Grace"

Disciplines

Ethnomusicology | Folklore | Oral History

Works

“Old Horse” or “The Sailor’s Grace” and “Canaday-I-O” collected by Sister Poulin.

Recommended Citation

French, Robert, "Robert French" (2012). Maine Song and Story Sampler Artists. 41.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/songstorysamplerartists/41

Location

Maine