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Story Songs

Narrative songs that tell a story from beginning to end. Ballads, character songs, and tale-bearing melodies where the words carry you somewhere.
21
Mar

Beanhole Beans

1 min read
19
Jan

Boston Harbor

The Song This is a classic sea shanty that taps into a universal topic in worksongs - calling out a tyrannical
3 min read
04
Mar

Death of a Dream

1 min read
04
Mar

Embers in the Dark

By Bennett Konesni February 2023 Embers in the Dark0:00/01× Key of C I = C major IV = F major
1 min read
05
Mar

Fisherman

2 min read
19
Jan

Forbidden Fruit

2 min read
04
Mar

Ghost Thunderbird

2 min read
21
Mar

Groundhog

3 min read
21
Mar

Hal an Tow

2 min read
21
Mar

Hog's Eye Man

1 min read
04
Mar

Oak Tree

1 min read
05
Mar

Reuben Ranzo

3 min read
21
Mar

Roll and Go

2 min read
20
Mar

Ruby Sugaroo

Collected all over North America, notably on Cranberry Island off the coast of Maine near Acadia National Park. This song
1 min read
21
Mar

Santyanna

1 min read
21
Mar

Sing Round

A Maine lumberjack song following timber from forest to mill to payday.
2 min read
21
Mar

The Wellerman

2 min read
25
Apr

The White Whale

2 min read
04
Mar

Waves Upon the Sand

1 min read
04
Mar

Western Wind

1 min read
20
Mar

When Them Taters Are All Dug

A Maine potato harvest ballad collected in Aroostook County from a migrant farm worker who had no money at the
2 min read