Tom: D
D
G
If you ask any girl from the parish around
A
A2
D
What pleases her most from her head to her toes
D
G
She'll say, I'm not sure that it's business of yours
A
D
But I do like to waltz with a log driver
A
D
G
For he goes birling down and down white water
D
A
That's where the log driver learns to step lightly
D
G
It's birling down and down white water
D
A
D
A
D
A log driver's waltz pleases girls completely
verse 2
D
G
When the drive's nearly over, I like to go down
A
A2
D
And watch all the lads as they work on the river
D
G
I know that come evening, they'll be in the town
A
D
And we all like to waltz with the log driver
A
D
G
For he goes birling down and down white water
D
A
That's where the log driver learns to step lightly
D
G
It's birling down and down white water
D
A
D
A
D
A log driver's waltz pleases girls completely
verse 3
D
G
To please both my parents, I've had to give way
A
A2
D
And dance with the doctors and merchants and lawyers
D
G
Their manners are fine but their feet are of clay
A
D
For there's none with the style of my log driver
A
D
G
For he goes birling down and down white water
D
A
That's where the log driver learns to step lightly
D
G
It's birling down and down white water
D
A
D
A
D
A log driver's waltz pleases girls completely
verse 4
D
G
Now I've had my chances with all sorts of men
A
A2
D
But none as so fine as my lad on the river
D
G
So when the drive's over, if he asks me again
A
D
I think I will marry my log driver
A
D
G
For he goes birling down and down white water
D
A
That's where the log driver learns to step lightly
D
G
It's birling down and down white water
D
A
D
A log driver's waltz pleases girls completely
D
G
Birling down and down white water
D
A
D
A
D
A log driver's waltz pleases girls com-pletely