Lumberjack Song - Monty Python, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin

I never wanted to do this job in the first place!

I… I wanted to be…

A LUMBERJACK!

(piano vamp)

Leaping from tree to tree!

As they float down the mighty rivers of

British Columbia!

With my best girl by my side!

The Larch!

The Pine!

The Giant Redwood tree!

The Sequoia!

The Little Whopping Rule Tree!

We’d sing!

Sing!

Sing!

Oh, I’m a lumberjack, and I’m okay

I sleep all night and I work all day

CHORUS: He’s a lumberjack, and he’s okay

He sleeps all night and he works all day

I cut down trees, I eat my lunch

I go to the lava-try

On Wednesdays I go shoppin'

And have buttered scones for tea

Mounties: He cuts down trees, he eats his lunch

He goes to the lava-try

On Wednesdays 'e goes shoppin'

And has buttered scones for tea

I cut down trees, I skip and jump

I like to press wild flowers

I put on women’s clothing

And hang around in bars

Mounties: He cuts down trees, he skips and jumps

He likes to press wild flowers

He puts on women’s clothing

And hangs around… In bars???

I chop down trees, I wear high heels

Suspenders and a bra

I wish I’d been a girlie

Just like my dear papa

Mounties: He cuts down trees, he wears high heels

Suspenders?

and a … a Bra???

(spoken, raggedly) What’s this?

Wants to be a «girlie»?

Oh, My!

And I thought you were so rugged!

Poofter!

All: He’s a lumberjack, and he’s okaaaaaaayyy… (BONG)

Sound Cue: The Liberty Bell March, by John Phillip Sousa