The Jones Boys (folksong)
The Jones Boys is a traditional Canadian folksong that tells the tale of two optimistic and hardworking brothers trying to make their hapless Miramichi sawmill turn a profit. The song dates back to the 1880s, with later versions incorporating efforts by the boys to run a still instead of a mill.
History[edit]
The folksong originates in the Province of New Brunswick, and was a favourite of newspaper baron and philanthropist Lord Beaverbrook, who grew up in the lumbering district of Miramichi. In the 1930s, he gifted a set of quarter-hour chimes to the University of New Brunswick. The clock tower still peals The Jones Boys at noon and six each day to announce the beginning and ending of classroom lectures.
Published versions[edit]
The Jones Boys is published in The Penguin Book of Canadian Folksongs[1] and in Singing Our History: Canada's Story in Song. [2]
References[edit]
- ↑ "The Penguin Book of Canadian Folk Songs" Penguin Group, 1973
- ↑ "Singing Our History: Canada's Story in Song " Doubleday Canada, 1984
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