Whew! Just read this whole thread and I'm really exhausted. Much more so than from the shoveling sessions I did today so tenants like Brett could get out to go to work and come back to our lovely parking lot. Something like 8 inches of light stuff has fallen here in Richmond, Maine. I'm grateful that it's the light stuff but if it were the heavy stuff I would have called someone to plow it out and cheered them on from the office window. The cat gang is pissed but there are rumors of 40 degree weather later this week,

Here's a timely song to recycle:

Words by Eileen McGann ©
Adapted by Charlie Ipcar
Traditional Tune: "South Australia"

A Snow Shanty


As I awoke one frozen morn,
Heave away, haul away,
Radio said there'd been a storm,
I'll be late for work this morning.

Chorus:

Haul away, you frozen thing,
Heave away, haul away,
Haul away, now hear me sing,
I'll be late for work this morning.

There's just one thing that grieves me mind…
To leave this nice warm bed behind…(CHO)

I tried to open up the door…
Snow's piled up five feet or more…(CHO)

Kicked that door to make a gap…
Took one step, fell on me back…(CHO)

Got a shoveling job ahead…
'Cept the shovel's in the shed…(CHO)

Now to shovel out the cars…
If I can find just where they are…(CHO)

The cars are out, the driveway's clear…
What's that rumbling noise I hear? …(CHO)

That city plow goes thundering by…
Leaving snow banks ten feet high…(CHO)

The cars are buried, all hope has fled,
Heave away, haul away,
It's time I got back to me bed!
I'll be late for work this morning...

Cheerily,
Charley Noble