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The Log Driver's Waltz 
The Log Driver's Waltz (Wade Hemsworth) 
If you should ask any girl from the parish around What pleases her most from her head to her toes, She'll say - I'm not sure that it's business of yours, But I do like to waltz with a log driver. 
Cho: For he goes birling down a-down the white water; That's where the log driver learns to step lightly. It's birling down, a-down white water; A log driver's waltz pleases girls completely. 
When the drive's nearly over, I like to go down To see all the lads while they work on the river. I know that come evening they'll be in the town And we all want to waltz with a log driver. 
To please both my parents I've had to give way And dance with the doctors and merchants and lawyers. Their manners are fine but their feet are of clay For there's none with the style of a log driver. 
I've had my chances with all sorts of men But none is so fine as my lad on the river. So when the drive's over, if he asks me again, I think I will marry my log driver. 
Copyright Wade Hemsworth 
Recorded by Kate and Anna McGarrigle for animated cartoon "Log Driver's Waltz" by Canada's National Film Board. 
JJM