Selections from Ballads of a Cheechako

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 30, 2023

In Category - Poetry

Authors: Robert W. Service In Year : 1909

Book Language: English

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To the Man of the High North
Men of the High North
The Ballad of the Northern Lights
The Ballad of The Black Fox Skin
The Ballad of Pious Pete
The Ballad of Blasphemous Bill
The Ballad of One-Eyed Mike
My Friends
The Wood-Cutter
The Song of the Mouth-Organ
The Trail of Ninety-Eight
The Ballad of Gum-Boot Ben

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)