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Thread #62729   Message #1969144
Posted By: katlaughing
15-Feb-07 - 07:34 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Logs to Burn
Subject: Lyr Add: LOGS TO BURN (Goodhart/Adams)
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LOGS TO BURN
Words Honor Goodhart, music Kevin Adams

Oak logs will warm you well, if they're old and dry.
Larch logs of pinewoods smell but the sparks will fly.
Beech logs for Christmas time; yew tree logs heat well;
But green elder logs it is a crime for anyone to sell-oh, for anyone to sell.

Birch logs will burn too fast; chestnut scarce at all;
Hawthorn logs are good to last if cut in the fall.
Holly logs will burn like wax, you should burn them green;
Elm logs like smouldering flax, no flame to be seen-oh, no flame to be seen.

Pear logs and apple logs, they will scent your room;
Cherry logs across the dogs smell like flowers in bloom,
Ash logs all smooth and grey burn them green or old,
And buy up all that come your way they're worth their weight in gold-oh
They're worth their weight in gold.