Mr. Braley’s poems, written with swinging rhythm and facile rhyme, are familiar to readers of newspaper and magazine verse. Those collected in this book are arranged in seven groups: Songs of the workaday world; Songs of the inland seas; Songs of deep water; Western ballads; Songs of the copper country; Songs of the long trail; Songs of the true romance.
-Book Review Digest
“A collection of swinging, vigorous verse written by an American for Americans. He knows the heart of labor, the brains of labor, and the temper of the men who do the dangerous everyday work of the world. His poems are excellent for reading aloud.”
– American Review of Reviews