The Woodcutter's Song Oak logs will warm you well That are old and dry Logs of pine will sweetly smell But the sparks will fly Birch logs will burn too fast And chestnut scarce at all, sir Hawthorne logs are good to last That are cut well in the fall, sir Surely you will find No compare in the hardwood logs Cut in the winter time Holly logs will burn like wax You could burn them green Elm logs burn like smolderin flax With no flame to be seen Beech logs for winter time Yew logs as well, sir Green elder logs it is a crime For any man to sell, sir Surely you will find No compare in the hardwood logs Cut in the winter time Pear logs and apple logs They will scent your room And cherry logs across the dogs Smell like flowers a bloom But ash logs smooth and gray Buy them green or old, sir And buy up all that come your way For they're worth their weight in gold sir chorus... HG apr00
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