Jared Maclean - Peelhead

The song is a light satire about a camp operator nicknamed Peelhead  who owes his men backpay. The song has a lot of full names of crewmen and of places similar to songs like The Edward Sinclair Song. According to Manny s book this song was written by Jared MacLean s uncle, William McKay of the Millstream. This song appears elsewhere in the Manny collection as (024-03), (079-04), (092-02), and (111-02). Mr. MacLean seems to sing Peelhead  to the same tune that Mrs. Marie Hare sings  Rosy Nell, which appears elsewhere in the Manny collection as (014-03) and (024-03). 

This song is sung a cappella. At 18:57 the song ends. 1948.10.00