Stanley MacDonald - John Ladner

,>Recorded by Stan Cassidy - Phone 1528 - for Radio and Electrical Service - 415 King Street, Fredericton, N.B. 

This song is sung a cappella. The song is about a Prince Edward Islander, John Ladner, who comes over to St. John looking for work. When he can not find any he travels to Maine and easily finds work in the town of Madison. Ladner works industriously and saves his money but in the end is killed by falling logs at age 23. This song appears elsewhere in the Manny collection as (085-10), (100-02), (115-01), and (124-22). This song appears in Randall and Dorothy Dibblee eds. Folksongs from Prince Edward Island Williams &amp; Crue Ltd. Summerside, P.E.I. pg. 40 and in Louise Manny and James Reginald Wilson eds. Songs of Miramichi  Brunswick Press Fredericton, N.B. pg. 122. 002-03 [[Category:M]]