Fred McMahon (?) - Guy Reed

It was assumed that the singer is Fred McMahon.

Song title is aka Guy Reade (aka Guy Reed or The Androscoggin Shore) Recorded by Stan Cassidy - Phone 1528 - for Radio and Electrical Service - 415 King Street, Fredericton, NB. This song is sung a cappella. This song is about a man who finds out that his friend was killed in a lumbering accident (he was crushed by logs). This song appears elsewhere in the Manny collection as (064-03), (077-06), (089-05), and (104-04).The possible other mispronunciations or corruptions of Androscoggin mentioned in this song likely refer to the Androscoggin River which runs through Maine and New Hampshire.

This song was written by the great woodsman poet, Joe Scott around 1897.

Recorded 1948.10.00 

There is an outstanding and detailed article about this song written here by the Maine Folk Life Centre, it even has a photo of Guy Reed, his grave, and the whole story!

This song appears in Ives ed. Folksongs of New Brunswick Goose Lane Editions Ltd., Fredericton pg. 184 and in Louise Manny and James Reginald Wilson eds. Songs of Miramichi Brunswick Press Fredericton, N.B. pg. 104 as Guy Reed (The Andrew Grogan Shore). 003-05 [[Category:M]]