The Frozen Logger

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"The Frozen Logger"
Song
Written1928
Published1949
Genre American folk
Songwriter(s) James Stevens

"The Frozen Logger" (Roud 5470) is an American folk song, written by James Stevens. [1] It is a tall tale song which makes reference to a logger being identifiable by the habit of stirring coffee with his thumb. [2]

Contents

Renditions

The song has been recorded and/or performed by several musicians: [3]

The first verse or the first two verses were sometimes played as a snippet during instrument tuning breaks by the Grateful Dead in concert, mainly in 1970. It was usually sung by Bob Weir and Phil Lesh. [4]

Cinema

An animated version is available as The Frozen Logger 1963 directed by Gene Deitch

Published

Parody

The Frozen Jogger. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Time, December 31, 1951". 1951-12-31. Archived from the original (web review) on 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
  2. ↑ "The Frozen Logger". USA Today (November 12). 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-24.[ dead link ]
  3. ↑ Grateful Dead Family Discography
  4. ↑ Deadbase "DeadBase Home". Archived from the original on 2010-10-05. Retrieved 2010-10-25.retrieved 2010-10-26
  5. ↑ Berg, Miriam. "Logger Lover". Folk Song Collector. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  6. ↑ Hendrickson, Stewart. "James Stevens-Paul Bunyan and the Frozen Logger (Jogger)". Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2008-01-11.


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