“Round River Drive”
Author: Unknown; versified by Douglas Malloch
Found in: US(MW)
Description
Recitation; multiple stories of Paul Bunyan
Notes
This is an encyclopedic collection of Bunyan tales, which despite its length made it into oral tradition. Paul Bunyan is sometimes derided as a phony folk-hero, and he's certainly been heavily commercialized, but Beck makes clear that these were genuine folk tales.- PJS
The story is in fact quite a bit more complicated than that; see the notes to "Paul Bunyan." - RBW
Cross references
- cf. "Paul Bunyan" (subject)
- cf. "Paul Bunyan's Big Ox" (subject)
References
- Beck 95, "Round River Drive" (1 text)
- Roud #6523
- BI, Be095
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