Selections from Ballads of a Cheechako
Robert W. Service
Read by Heidi Preuss
These twelve poems are taken from Ballads of a Cheechako which was Robert W. Service's third book of Yukon poems, published in 1909. The word Cheechako, from Chinook Jargon, originated in the United States (Alaska) and Canada (Yukon) and was imported into local English during the Yukon gold rush that began in 1896. Cheechako, is a non derogatory word meaning "newcomer" or "tenderfoot." The derivation looks something like this: chee new cha come ko home. (summary by Heidi Preuss) (1 hr 12 min)
Chapters
To the Man of the High North | 1:48 | Read by Heidi Preuss |
Men of the High North | 3:31 | Read by Heidi Preuss |
The Ballad of the Northern Lights | 17:19 | Read by Heidi Preuss |
The Ballad of The Black Fox Skin | 10:28 | Read by Heidi Preuss |
The Ballad of Pious Pete | 7:55 | Read by Heidi Preuss |
The Ballad of Blasphemous Bill | 7:05 | Read by Heidi Preuss |
The Ballad of One-Eyed Mike | 5:32 | Read by Heidi Preuss |
My Friends | 3:52 | Read by Heidi Preuss |
The Wood-Cutter | 4:54 | Read by Heidi Preuss |
The Song of the Mouth-Organ | 4:53 | Read by Heidi Preuss |
The Trail of Ninety-Eight | 10:43 | Read by Heidi Preuss |
The Ballad of Gum-Boot Ben | 4:51 | Read by Heidi Preuss |