Regional Samplers

In addition to the songs and stories posted on this website, the Maine Folklife Center compiled four regional Song and Story Samplers for the state of Maine. These samplers are available for purchase through the Maine Folklife Center. Track listings are presented below, with selected tracks available to read about and listen to on the Maine Song and Story Sampler website:

Aroostook County:

	Town/City	Performer	Name of Song/Story	Length
1.	New Sweden	Helen Borgeson	“Halsa dem Darhemma” (Swedish)	0:37
2.	Caribou	Gordon Fraser	“Cows on Cross Lake”	4:08
3.	Patten	Dr. Lore Rogers	“The North Pole Stage”	1:24
4.	St Francis	Aaron & Rosie Jackson	“Down on the Farm”	2:47
5.	Portage	Ora Daggett	“Hauling Off a Mountain”	3:38
6.	Maine/Quebec Border	Jim Connors	“The International Boundary Line”	2:03
7.	Lille	Ida Roy	“Petits Enfant” (French)	3:00
8.	Westmanland	Fritjof Jacobson	“Westman Schottische” (Swedish)	1:48
9.	Allagash	Jim Connors	“Tom Gardner’s Stories”	2:30
10.	Lille	Lawrence & Lucille Parent	“Youpe! Youpe! Sur La Riviere!” (French)	2:32
11.	Ashland	Georgie Orcutt	“Phone Call to Hitler”	1:06
12.	Sherman Mills	Joseph Walsh	“The Teamster in Jack MacDonald’s Crew”	2:04

Downeast:

	Town/City/Region	Performer	Name of Song/Story	Length
1.	Vanceboro	Linwood Brown	“The Bull Moose Song”	2:29
2.	Gouldsboro	Myrtress Harrington	“Scissoring Sardines”	1:57
3.	Calais	Thomas Cleghorn	“Wild Colonial Boy”	2:56
4.	Jacksonville	Clarence Berry	“John Roberts”	4:15
5.	Lubec	Margaret Hallett	“Fifteen Ships on Georges Banks”	6:02
6.	Baring	Thomas MacLeod	“Breakfast in Hell”	1:02
7.	Perry	Rob Golding	“Light Fingers From Maine”	1:48
8.	Osborn	Raymond Mace	“The Champion of Moose Hill”	3:31
9.	Indian Township	Lillian Gabriel	“Burial Hymn” (Passamaquoddy)	2:08
10.	Eastport	William Lawrence	“Herring and Pollock”	1:45
11.	Grand Lake Stream	George MacArthur	“Wabassus Cannonball”	2:01

Central Maine:

	Town/City/Region	Performer	Name of Song/Story	Length
1.	Vienna	Hazel Bean	“The Connecticut March”	2:50
2.	Carmel	Reid Hand	“The Auto Rest Park”	0:48
3.	Richmond	Wasyl Moros	“Barynya” (Russian)	0:57
4.	Oakland	Bill Cramp	“The Blackwater Side”	3:54
5.	East Eddington	Jennie Gray	“The Cambric Shirt”	2:14
6.	Bangor	Malka Singal	“The Fox and the Grape Garden”	1:34
7.	Indian Island	Teresa Sappier	“Snake Dance” (Penobscot)	0:50
8.	Great Pond	Clarence Berry	“John Roberts”	4:15
9.	Corinna	Mrs. Elwood Nickerson	“Heenan and Sayers”	2:53
10.	Richmond	John Supruniuk	“Krakoviak” (Russian)	0:57
11.	Mattawamkeag	Dale Potter	“The Irish Patriot”	2:44
12.	Bangor	Elsie Diamond Smith	“Pumpkin Seed Tea Cure”	1:05
13.	Union River	James Brown	“The Good Old State of Maine”	4:42

Western Maine:

	Town/City	Performer	Name of Song/Story	Length
1.	Pittston Farm	Bill Cramp	“The Depot Camp”	2:42
2.	Moosehead Lake	Charles Sibley	“The Man Who Plucked the Gorbey”	1:09
3.	Livermore Falls	Philip Walsh	“Guy Reed”	8:01
4.	Monson	Martha Viik	“Early School Days”	2:45
5.	Hanover	Mabel C. Worcester	“The Golden Vanity”	2:52
6.	Norway	James Brown	“The Norway Bum”	9:07
7.	Abbot	Fleetwood Pride	“Giving Larry Gorman a Ride”	1:40
8.	South Paris	Walfred Hamari	“Finnish Sing-along” (Finnish)	1:18
9.	Bingham	Dot Ruppell & Jim Cahill	“Bye, Bye Longjohns”	2:09
10.	Rumford	Sam Jagoe	“The Plain Golden Band”	7:27
11.	Norway	Cherry Noble Frechette	“Haywood Schottische/The Haywood”	1:40
12.	Sangerville	Sunny Stutzman	“Life on the Farm in the Old Days”	2:06
13.	Moscow	Eddie Rollins	“Spring of ’65”	2:26