1. Adirondack Memories (4:31)
   Memories from the old home on the Featherbed and childhood days.
   
   
2. The Featherbed (2:30)
   The northern foothills of the Adirondacks where I was born.
   
   
3. The Little Shirt My Mother Made for Me (traditional) (3:13)
   I heard this song from my mother and Dick Law. It reminded me of the clothes my mother made for us kids.
   
   
4. The Bumble Bug Rag (3:25)
   I wrote this song in memory of some of the odd creatures that roamed the lumber camps.
   
   
5. Scottish Bill MacLean (3:48)
   A poem for all those lumberjacks who lost their lives working in the woods.
   
   
6. Uncle John’s Muscle (5:34)
   Muscles were made by honest sweat and hard work.
   
   
7. The Barefoot Boys with Shoes On (traditional) (2:27)
   One of the fun songs.
   
   
8. Uncle John’s Fork (3:15)
   A traditional story that might have even happened at our house.
   
   
9. Aunt Lillian’s Full Figure (2:00)
   A memory of Aunt Lillian’s hugs and kisses
   
   
10. The Cow Clippers (2:02)
    Ol’ Blue was one of the nosiest dogs I ever knew.
    
    
11. Better Go ’Round (3:32)
    This song is for young folks who sometimes listen to their peers more than their elders.
    
    
12. Only a Housewife (Emily B. Smith) (2:31)
    Written by my mother, who took much pride in being a housewife and mother of ten.
    
    
13. Go Tell Aunt Nabby (traditional) (3:05)
    When I heard people away from home singing this as Aunt Rhodie, I thought they were singing it wrong.
    
    
14. Rosewood Casket (traditional) (3:15)
    My mother sang this to us. I also heard it sung on the radio by the Carter family.
    
    
15. Waterman Hill (Otis Aldus, Everette Aldus, Walter Pearl) (2:31)
    The Aldus family lived on the top of Waterman Hill. Anna Aldus Grant gave me permission to use their song on this album. I also heard this song when I was kid by Dick Law and Grace Green.
    
    
16. Ma’s Old Galvanized Tub (2:17)
    I found this nice old traditional poem and set it to music. This was the way we took our Saturday night baths.
    
    
17. O.K. Smith (traditional) (1:28)
    Told to me by an old fellow at a performance in East Aurora.
    
    
18. Forty Years Ago (5:12)
    This is a poem I heard from Ham Ferry, one of the great Adirondack storytellers. I thought it would make a nice song.
    
    
19. The Round Oak Stove (4:06)
    Memories of the great old stove that was a part of our family.
    
    

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