Here's my transcription of the Golden Bough recording:

LOGS TO BURN                  
Traditional
as Sung by Golden Bough on "Winter's Dance"

CHORUS
Logs to Burn! Logs to Burn!
Logs to save the coal a turn.
Here's a word to make you wise
When you hear the woodsman cry.

Beechwood logs burn bright and clear, hornbeam blazes too,
If the logs are kept are kept a year to season through and through.
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Pine is good and so is yew for warmth for wintry days
The poplar and the willow too, they take too long to blaze.
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Oak logs will warm you well if they're old and dry.
Larch logs like pinewood smell, but the sparks will fly.
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Birch logs will burn too fast, alder scarce at all.
Chestnut logs are good to last, cut them in the fall.
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Holly logs will burn like wax, you should burn them green.
Elder logs like smoldering flax, no flames with them are seen.
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Pear logs and apple logs, they will scent your room.
Cherry logs across the dogs, they smell like flowers in bloom.
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Ash logs are smooth and grey, burn them green or old.
Buy up all that come your way, they're worth their weight in gold.
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Mind you, this song is very important to me because I heat my house with wood. It's a lot of work, but it's worth it. For those of you not quite fit enough to deal with your own firewood, perhaps you should find a Woman With a Chainsaw.

-Joe, who has two of his own chainsaws-