The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #67693   Message #360359
Posted By: Uncle_DaveO
20-Dec-00 - 09:49 AM
Thread Name: ADD: Woodsman's Alphabet / Lumberman's Alphabet
Subject: Lyr Add: THE WOODSMAN'S ALPHABET
Elves, here's the text as I have it. You decide whether to put it in the DT or not.

THE WOODSMAN'S ALPHABET

A is for axe, as you very well know;
B is for boys that use them just so.
C is for the chopping that soon will begin
And D is for danger we always stand in.

CHORUS:

Sing hi derry O! So merry are we!
There's no-one one half as happy as we.
Sing hi derry o! Hi, derry dong!
At the woodsman's shanty there's nothing goes wrong.

E is the echoes that through the woods ring.
F is the foreman, the head of our gang;
G is for the grindstone that swiftly goes 'round
And H is the handle, so smooth and so round.

I is for Iron with which we mark pine;
J is for jolly boys all in a line;
K is the keen edge our axes we keep
And L is the lice that over us creep.

M is the moss we patch in the cracks
And N is the needle which mendeth our pants;
O is for the owls that hoot in the night
And P is the pine that always falls right.

Q is for quarrels that we don't have 'round;
R is the river where we drive our logs down
S is the sleds so stout and so strong
And T is the teams that draw them along.

U is for use that we put our teams to;
V is the valley where we draw our logs through;
W is the woods that we leave in the spring
And now I have sung all I'm going to sing.

[spoken] That's all! Except....

(CHORUS)