Songs of a Sourdough
Robert W. Service
Read by Phil Benson
Reputedly the best-selling poetry collection of the 20th century, 'Songs of a Sourdough' is best known for Robert W. Service's classic Yukon ballads, 'The Shooting of Dan McGrew' and 'The Cremation of Sam McGhee'. Service was born in Preston, Lancashire, and grew up in Scotland. In his twenties, he made his way to Canada and settled in the Yukon where he worked as a bank clerk but evidently dreamed of more adventurous pursuits. Service's readings of his poems show that he could adopt either a Scottish or North American accent. Here they are read in an accent that is not too far removed from the place of his birth. - Summary by Phil Benson (1 hr 27 min)
Chapters
| The Law of the Yukon; The Parson's Son; The Spell of the Yukon | 14:22 | Read by Phil Benson |
| The Call of the Wild; The Lone Trail; The Heart of the Sourdough; The Three Voi… | 9:30 | Read by Phil Benson |
| The Pines; The Harpy; The Lure of Little Voices; The Song of the Wage Slave; Gr… | 12:28 | Read by Phil Benson |
| The Shooting of Dan McGrew | 5:24 | Read by Phil Benson |
| The Cremation of Sam McGhee | 5:27 | Read by Phil Benson |
| My Madonna; Unforgotten; The Reckoning; Quatrains; The Men that Don't Fit in; M… | 12:58 | Read by Phil Benson |
| The Low Down White; The Little Old Log Cabin; The Younger Son; The March of the… | 17:06 | Read by Phil Benson |
| The Rhyme of the Restless Ones; New Years Eve; Comfort; Premonition; The Tramps… | 10:42 | Read by Phil Benson |