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Up in Maine: Stories of Yankee Life Told in Verse
By Holman Day
Length4h 38m
About this audiobook
Discover the soul of New England through rhythmic, evocative poetry that brings the rugged landscape and its hardy inhabitants to vivid life. These verses paint authentic portraits of farmers, woodsmen, and sailors weathering the harsh seasons with stoic humor and quiet grace. Woven with local dialect and sharp observations, the stories celebrate the peculiar charm and resilient character of Yankee culture. It is a masterful, lyrical tribute to a bygone era of simple, tough living.
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GenrePoetry
Length4 hrs 38 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 8, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1AUNT SHAW’S PET JUG
37TALE OF THE SEA-FARING MAN
2OLD BOGGS’S SLARNT
38CAP’N NUTTER OF THE “PUDDENTAME”
3CY NYE, PREVARICATOR
39GOOD-BY, LOBSTER
4UNCLE BENJY AND OLD CRANE
40CURE FOR HOMESICKNESS
5“PLUG”
41ON THE OLD COAST TUB
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6THE SONG OF THE HARROW AND PLOW
42TALE OF THE KENNEBEC MARINER
7HOORAY FOR THE SEASON OF FAIRS
43DRIVE, CAMP, AND WANGAN
8HAD A SET OF DOUBLE TEETH
44THE LAW ’GAINST SPIKE-SOLE BOOTS
9GRAMPY’S LULLABY
45THE CHAP THAT SWINGS THE AXE
10HOSKINS’S COW
46THE SONG OF THE WOODS’ DOG-WATCH
11AN OLD STUN’ WALL
47FIDDLER CURED THE CAMP
12THE STOCK IN THE TIE-UP
48THE SONG OF THE SAW
13EPHRUM WADE’S STAND-BY IN HAYING
49DOWN THE TRAIL WITH GUM PACKS
14RESURRECTION OF EPHRUM WAY
50REAR O’ THE DRIVE
15LOOK OUT FOR YOUR THUMB
51MATIN SONG OF PETE LONG’S COOK
16THE TRIUMPH OF MODEST MARIA
52OFF FOR THE LUMBER WOODS
17SON HAS GOT THE DEED
53HERE’S TO THE STOUT ASH POLE
18AN IDYL OF COLD WEATHER
54MISTER WHAT’S-HIS-NAME OF SEBOOMOOK
19BUSTED THE “TEST YOUR STRENGTH”
55HA’NTS OF THE KINGDOM OF SPRUCE
20“WHEN A MAN GETS OLD”
56THE HERO OF THE COONSKIN CAP
21I’VE GOT THEM CALVES TO VEAL
57UP IN MAINE
22THE OFF SIDE OF THE COW
58A HAIL TO THE HUNTER
23THE LYRIC OF THE BUCK-SAW
59HOSSES
24MISTER KEAZLE’S EPITAPH
60THEM OLD RAZOOS AT TOPSHAM TRACK
25PLAIN OLD KITCHEN CHAP
61TO HIM WHO DRIV THE STAGE
26TAKIN’ COMFORT
62HE BACKED A BLAMED OLD HORSE
27EPHRUM KEPT THREE DOGS
63B. BROWN—HOSS ORATOR
28LAY OF DRIED-APPLE PIE: ONLY HELD HIS OWN
64“JEST A LIFT”
29GRAMPY SINGS A SONG
65BART OF BRIGHTON
30UNCLE MICAJAH STROUT
66GOIN’ T’ SCHOOL
31THE TRUE STORY OF A KICKER
67THE PAIL I LUGGED TO SCHOOL
32MORAL.
68THE PADDYWHACKS
33ZEK’L PRATT’S HARRYCANE
69THAT MAYBASKET FOR MABEL FRY
34THOSE PICKLES OF MARM’S
70THE MYSTIC BAND
35“THE MAN I KNEW I KILLED”
71AT THE OLD “GOOL”
36’LONG SHORE CRUISE OF THE “NANCY P.”
72IMPRINT | DISCLAIMER
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