Grateful Dead
 Dave's Picks Vol. 3: Chicago, 22/10/71, 2012
Dave's Picks Vol 24: Berkeley, 8/25/72, 2017
Other recordings
Americana, Earl Robinson, 1947
 Single (The Frozen Logger/ Darling Corey), The Weavers, 1951 (USA)
Single (A-Round The Corner (Beneath The Berry Tree) / The Frozen Logger), The Weavers, 1952 (UK)
Songs of the old Chisholm Trail/Americana, Tony Kraber/Earl Robinson, 1953?
Hard Travelin', Cisco Houston, 1954
American Northwest Ballads, Walt Robertson, 1955
Odetta, Odetta, 1957
The Weavers on Tour, The Weavers, 1957
Barefoot Ballads, Homer & Jethro, 1957
Ain't It A Shame: To Sing Skiffle On Sunday, The Bob Cort Skiffle Group, 1957
Spicy Songs for Cool Knights, Katie Lee, 1957
Absolute Nonsense, Oscar Brand, 1958
The Tin Angel, Odetta, 1959
Folk Songs Around The World, The Weavers, 1959
Single (Billy's Ridin' / The Frozen Logger), Ernie Sheldon, 1960
At Home with Jimmie Rodgers: An Evening of Folk Songs, Jimmie Rodgers, 1960
Folk Song Hall Of Fame, Hank Hill And The Tennessee Folk Trio, 1960
The Best of Jimmie Rodgers Folk Songs, Jimmie Rodgers, 1961
Oscar Brand Songbag, Oscar Brand, 1961
The Tree Near My House, Cathie Taylor, 1961
Just Looking For A Home, Jim Glaser & Americana Folk Trio, 1962
At Town Hall, Odetta, 1963
Way Out West With, Alex Campbell, 1963
Single (Troubles Back In Town / The Frozen Logger), Le Garde Trio, 1963
Tammy and 11 Other Great Folk Hits, Debbie Reynolds, 1963 (Dot)
Great Folk Hits, Debbie Reynolds, 1963 (London)
Reunion at Carnegie Hall, The Weavers, 1964
Again!, Rolf Harris, 1966
The Man With A Microphone, Rolf Harris, 1966
From Sea To Shining Sea, Johnny Cash, 1968
Along The Way, Darrell Adams, 1977
Songs for Woodworkers, Joe Glazer, 1977
Swing On A Star, Jim Kweskin, 1979
Everybody Sing, Vol. 1, Oscar Brand, 197?
Country & Western Classics, Johnny Cash, 1982
The Essential, Odetta, 1986
Wild Goose, Rick Abrams, 1987
The Best Of, The Weavers, 1987
American Industrial Ballads, Pete Seeger, 1992
The Folkway Years 1944-1961, Cisco Houston, 1994
The Man in Black: 1963-1969, Johnny Cash, 1996
Singing The New Tradition: Songs, Singers and Instrumentals of the Folk Revival: Riverside Folklore Series Vol. 3, Various Artists (Oscar Brand), 1996
Songs for Political Action: Folk Music, Topical Songs and the American Left: 1926-1953, Various Artists (Earl Robinson), 1996
Bah! Humbug!, Various Artists (The Weavers), 1996
Voices of Winter, Priscilla Heardman, Anne Hills, Cindy Mangsen, 1997
Goodnight Irene: 1949-1953, The Weavers, 2000
Winter Wonderland, Various Artists (The Weavers), 2002
The Ultimate Collection, The Weavers, 2003
Folk Songs and Fiddle Tunes, Vol. 2, Fiddlin' Pete Watercott, 2003
This Land Is Your Land 1960-1966, The Travellers, 2004
The Night the Whiskey Froze, Fred Gosbee, 2004
Ain't It a Shame: Decca Singles Compilation 1957-1958, The Bob Cort Skiffle Group, 2005
Songs of the Pacific Northwest, Stewart Hendrickson, 2005
Wasn't That A Time?, The Weavers, 2006
Seriously Unserious, The Seriously Unserious Trio, 2006
Live in Pittsburgh, Mindy Simmons, 2006
Echoes, Julie Delaney, 2007
Live in Australia 1963, Pete Seeger, 2009
Songs Of Couch And Consultation/Life Is Just A Bed Of Neuroses, Katie Lee, 2009
Sings Folk Songs/At Home with: An Evening of Folk Songs, Jimmie Rodgers, 2010
Bootleg, Vol. II: From Memphis to Hollywood, Johnny Cash, 2011
Lyrics
The lyrics of the song are from James Stevens Bunk Shanty Ballads and Tales; As I set down one evening in a timber town café
A six foot-seven waitress, to me these words did say"I see you are a logger and not a common bum
For no one but a logger stirs his coffee with his thumb "My lover was a logger, there's none like him today
If you'd sprinkle whisky on it, he'd eat a bale of hay "He never shaved the whiskers from off his horny hide
But he'd pound 'em in with a hammer, then bite 'em off inside "My lover came to see me one freezing winter day
He held me in a fond embrace that broke three vertebrae "He kissed me when we parted so hard it broke my jaw
And I could not speak to tell him he'd forgot his mackinaw "I watched my logger lover going through the snow
A sauntering gaily homeward at forty eight below "The weather tried to freeze him, it tried it's level best
At a hundred degrees below zero, he buttoned up his vest "It froze clean down to China, it froze to the stars above
At one thousand degrees below zero it froze my logger love "They tried in vain to thaw him and if you'll believe me, sir
They made him into ax blades to chop the Douglas fir "That's how I lost my lover and to this caffay I come
And here I wait till someone stirs his coffee with his thumb "And then I tell my story of my love they could not thaw
Who kissed me when we parted so hard he broke my jaw."
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