WINTER SHANTY
Words: Jim Stewart SOCAN
Music: Traditional

 
 
 
 
When I was a little boy,
so my mother told me. Shovel!
-- Way, haul away. We'll haul away snow.
If you lick a frozen pipe,
your tongue is bound to hold thee. Shovel!
-- Way, haul away. We'll haul away snow.
 
Chorus
Way, haul away. We'll all haul together. Shovel!
Way, haul away. We'll haul away snow.
Way, haul away. We'll pray for better weather. Shovel!
Way, haul away. We'll haul away snow.
 
I ain't got a 4-wheel drive.
I ain't got no snow blower. Shovel!
-- Way, haul away. We'll haul away snow.
So winter is a pain in the back,
and sometimes even lower. Shovel!
-- Way, haul away. We'll haul away snow.
 
I can't get to Florida.
I'm financially unable. Shovel!
-- Way, haul away. We'll haul away snow.
Besides, I have a relationship
with a set of booster cables. Shovel!
-- Way, haul away. We'll haul away snow.
 
I once loved a Yankee girl,
but now we're separated. Shovel!
-- Way, haul away. We'll haul away snow.
'Cause all she knew was Fahrenheit,
and I was metricated. Shovel!
-- Way, haul away. We'll haul away snow.
 
I just dug my driveway out.
Those snowdrifts I was slingin'. Shovel!
-- Way, haul away. We'll haul away snow.
Then the bastard plough came round,
and blocked the whole damn thing in. Shovel!
-- Way, haul away. We'll haul away snow.