The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #51719   Message #789075
Posted By: GUEST,Steve Knutson, sssknutson@aol.com
22-Sep-02 - 02:04 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Ain't hearin' no good news...
Subject: Heard this years ago
Years ago, Nick Ogelvie of Portland, OR, sang this song, which he said was written by an Uncle of his. It is about a forest worker who is in jail. The Chorus goes:

Ain't hearin no good news, aint hearin the Fir tree sigh, Think I'll set my carcass down and cry...

And the end of a verse goes: And I just wanna see, that old fir tree, a'wavin in the wind...

I'd like the rest of it...