Lumberman's Alphabet (OT2003-3001-004)
Dublin Core
Title
Lumberman's Alphabet (OT2003-3001-004)
Alternative Title
Woodsman's Alphabet
Description
Song excerpted from audio recording OT2003-3001, part of VFC2003-0007 Margaret MacArthur Collection.
Creator
Source
Margaret MacArthur Collection -- VFC2003-0007. Vermont Folklife Center Archive, Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, Vermont, United States of America.
Date Created
1961-09-27
Contributor
Is Part Of
Language
en
Type
Identifier
VFC2003-0007 OT2003-3001-00
Rights Holder
Vermont Folklife Center
Song Item Type Metadata
Local Title
Lumberman's Alphabet
Standard Title
The Lumberman's Alphabet
Standard Title Reference
Folk Music Index (http://www.ibiblio.org/folkindex)
Transcription
A is for axes you very well know
And B is for boy [unintelligible] them also
C is for chopping you now first begin
and D is for danger you're oftentimes in
F is for foremans ahead of the gang
And E is for [Farrington hesistates, asks MacArthur to "say the alphabet," tape cuts]
E is for echos that through the wood rang
And F is for foreman ahead of the gang
And G is for grindstones which swiftly flies round
And H is for handles so smooth and so sound
So merry so merry so merry are we
No mortals on earth are as happy as we
Sing hi derry ho derry hi derry down
A shantyman's [unintelligible] and nothing goes wrong
I is for iron our axes was [unintelligible]
J is for jolly boys all in a line
K is for keen as your axes did keep
And L is for lice that kept us from sleep
[Harrington asks MacArthur for the next letter, "M"]
M is for mice that loves cheese
And N is for noise we made with great ease
O is for owls that swoop [stumbles] hoot in the night
P is for pines which always fell right
Q is for quarreling we would not allow
And U is for use we put ourself to
R is for rivers we drove the logs through
S is sleds so stout and so strong
And T is for teams that haul them along
U is for use we put ourself to
V is for valley we [unintelligible]
W's for woods we left in the spring
And now I've sung all I'm going to sing
And B is for boy [unintelligible] them also
C is for chopping you now first begin
and D is for danger you're oftentimes in
F is for foremans ahead of the gang
And E is for [Farrington hesistates, asks MacArthur to "say the alphabet," tape cuts]
E is for echos that through the wood rang
And F is for foreman ahead of the gang
And G is for grindstones which swiftly flies round
And H is for handles so smooth and so sound
So merry so merry so merry are we
No mortals on earth are as happy as we
Sing hi derry ho derry hi derry down
A shantyman's [unintelligible] and nothing goes wrong
I is for iron our axes was [unintelligible]
J is for jolly boys all in a line
K is for keen as your axes did keep
And L is for lice that kept us from sleep
[Harrington asks MacArthur for the next letter, "M"]
M is for mice that loves cheese
And N is for noise we made with great ease
O is for owls that swoop [stumbles] hoot in the night
P is for pines which always fell right
Q is for quarreling we would not allow
And U is for use we put ourself to
R is for rivers we drove the logs through
S is sleds so stout and so strong
And T is for teams that haul them along
U is for use we put ourself to
V is for valley we [unintelligible]
W's for woods we left in the spring
And now I've sung all I'm going to sing
Location
Duration
2:26
Files
Collection
Citation
Farrington, James, “Lumberman's Alphabet (OT2003-3001-004),” Vermont Folklife Center Digital Collections, accessed December 26, 2024, https://vtfolklifearchive.org/collections/items/show/921.
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