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Thread #55846   Message #870577
Posted By: Joe Offer
20-Jan-03 - 11:07 AM
Thread Name: Origins: The Manistee River
Subject: RE: Origins: Looking for the author of Manistee River
I fixed the link Richie posted. That page also has a recording of Stielstra's song. Now the page before (click) the song page has this bit of wisdom:

In da beginning....
dere was nuttin'.

Den on da first day, God, He created da Upper Peninsula.

On da second day He created da partridge, da deer, da bear, da fish, an' da ducks.

On da t'ird day He said, "Let dere be Yoopers to roam da Upper Peninsula, eh?
An' hey, let's have some pick-up trucks, too."

On da fort' day He created dat udder worl' down below.

On da fifth day He said, "Let dere be trolls to live in the worl' down below."

On da sixth day he created da bridge so da trolls would have a way to get to heaven.

On da seventh day, God said, "Oh, yah, dis is real good, eh?" an' den He got a six pack of Strohs an' went fishin'.

This folk tale was found at Lil Abner's in Munising, just a few miles from the Buckhorn.
Makes me feel downright homesick.