The Log Drivers Waltz

verse 1 If you 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 For he goes birling down and down white water That’s where the log driver learns to step lightly It’s birling down and down white water A log driver’s waltz pleases girls completely         verse 2 When the drive’s nearly over I like to go down And watch all the lads as they work on the river I know that come evening they’ll be in the town And we all like to waltz with the log driver   For he goes birling down and down white water That’s where the log driver learns to step lightly It’s birling down and down white water A log driver’s waltz pleases girls completely         verse 3 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 my log driver   For he goes birling down and down white water That’s where the log driver learns to step lightly It’s birling down and down white water A log driver’s waltz pleases girls completely         verse 4 Now I’ve had my chances with all sorts of men But none as 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    For he goes birling down and down white water That’s where the log driver learns to step lightly It’s birling down and down white water A log driver’s waltz pleases girls completely Birling down and down white water A log driver’s waltz pleases girls com-pletely