Quite a lot is known today about Vodovnik`s life and work. The legacy of the Pohorje poet was treated according to ethnomusicological criteria in a comprehensive monograph, Jest sem Vodovnik Juri, O Slovenskem ljudskem pevcu (1988). It seems that everything possible about Vodovnik has been recorded, analysed, defined, and placed in the wider Slovene context. However, a number of questions, mainly related to his creative work, authorship, and how his songs were spread, remain unanswered. In this article the author tries to elicit certain facts through careful reading of Vodovnik`s songs, and to connect them into an image which might complement Vodovnik` story. His reflections mainly deal with a specific section of his social environment, that is with the people who in one or another way were connected with Vodovnik through music and songs. This refers to the role of local musicians in spreading an author`s songs in a certain environment, and to the function of folk musicians in spreading and preserving folk songs.