The Woodmans Alphabet

6  7   7   7 -8  8  -8 7  7    7
A was the ax as you very well know.

-6 -5 -5   -5  -6  -7     7   -6   6
B was the boys who could use them so.

6  8   8   8 -9    7  7 -9  -9 -9
C was the chopping we early began.

8  8   8   8 -9  8  8 -6  -7  7
D was the danger so often we ran.

Chorus
6   6 7    7  7 8   8 -8  7   7  7
So merry, so merry, so merry are we.

7   -6 -6  -5   -5    -6   7   -7-6   6
Oh, we are the lads, we're out on a spree.

6   8 8   8   8 7   7  -9 -9  8
Hi derry, ho derry, hi derry down.

 7   -8 -8  -8   -8   
Give shanty boys grub 

-9    8     -8 -6   -7    7
and there's nothing goes wrong.  


E was the echo that through the woods rang.
F was the foreman, the head of our gang.
G was the grindstone so round and so smooth.
H was the handle so swiftly did move.
Chorus
I was the iron that marked the pine.
J was the jovial lads, never behind.
K was the keen edges our axes did keep.
L was the lice that kept us from sleep.
Chorus
M was the moss we worked in our camp.
N was the needle with which we mended our pants.
O was the owl tha hooted at nigh.
P was the pine that we always felled right.
Chorus
Q was the quarrels we did not allow.
R was the rivers our boys did not plow.
S was the sled so stout and so strong.
T was the team that hauled them along.
Chorus
U was the use we put our teams to.
V was the valley we hauled our logs through.
W was the woods we left in the spring.
Now I have sung all I'm going to sing
Chorus
These last three letters I can't get to rhyme
But I'll tell you I love you and hope I'm in time.