[desicanuk]

i remember the cbc playing this cartoon of a logger going down a river - it had this really catchy tune that went with it

whats the cartoon called and whats the name of the song?

dirving me insane trying to remember

[Blue_Nose]

I think I know what you mean.... not the "Little Blackfly" one, though?

[ziggy]

blue_nose blue_nose:

I think I know what you mean.... not the "Little Blackfly" one, though?

$1:

Lumberjack Song

I'm a lumberjack, and I'm okay.
I sleep all night. I work all day.

Mounties : 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 lavatory.
On Wednesdays I go shoppin'
And have buttered scones for tea.


Mounties: He cuts down trees. He eats his lunch.
He goes to the lavatory.
On Wednesdays he goes shopping
And has buttered scones for tea.

Chorus : I'm (He's) a lumberjack, and I'm (he's) okay.
I (He) sleep(s) all night and I (he) work(s) all day.

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?!

Chorus : I'm (He's) a lumberjack, and I'm (he's) okay.
I (He) sleep(s) all night and I (he) work(s) all day.

I cut down trees. I wear high heels,
Suspendies, and a bra.
I wish I'd been a girlie,
Just like my dear Mama (or Papa in later versions)


Mounties : He cuts down trees. He wears high heels,
Suspendies, and a bra?!

Chorus : I'm (He's) a lumberjack, and I'm (he's) okay.
I (He) sleep(s) all night and I (he) work(s) all day.

Yes, I'm (He's) a lumberjack, and I'm (he's) ok-a-y.
I (He) sleep(s) all night and I (he) work(s) all day.

[Blue_Nose]

not that one

[The Hoser]

That is a great song, though...

[Blue_Nose]

It's your lucky day.... I usually don't come up with anything trying to find stuff on the internet, but:

The Log Driver's Waltz is best known as an animation film done by the National Film Board and performed by the McGarrigle Sisters. NFB filmmaker John Weldon made the three-minute animated film The Log Driver's Waltz in 1979; it features Kate and Anna McGarrigle's memorable rendition of the title song. The animated short can be found on late night CBC broadcasts. The song tells us about a young woman who marries a young man because driving logs has made him a nimble dancer. The tune is very catchy and carries lots of repetition.

[ridenrain]

The Log Drivers' Waltz
Wade Hemsworth (1916-2002)
Used with permission

If you should ask any girl from the parish around
What pleases her most from her head to her toes
She'll say, "I'm not sure that it's business of yours
But I do like to waltz with a log driver".

Chorus
For he goes birling down a-down the white water
That's where the log driver learns to step lightly
It's birling down, a-down white water
A log driver's waltz pleases girls completely.

When the drive's nearly over, I like to go down
To see all the lads while they work on the river
I know that come evening they'll be in the town
And we all want to waltz with a log driver.

To please both my parents I've had to give way
And dance with the doctors and merchants and lawyers
Their manners are fine but their feet are of clay
For there's none with the style of a log driver.

I've had my chances with all sorts of men
But none is so fine as my lad on the river
So when the drive's over, if he asks me again
I think I will marry my log driver.

http://members.shaw.ca/tunebook/logdrive.htm

yup. bugs me not remembering things too.

[Blue_Nose]

The blackfly one was my favourite....

Blackfly, little blackfly
always the blackfly, no matter where I go
I'll die with the blackfly pickin my bones
in north Ontar-I-O-I-O, in north Ontar-I-O

and there was one about the guy who couldn't cut down the tree... I don't remember if there was a song to that one though

[ziggy]

Wasnt the python song a parody of that?

[ridenrain]

I liked the cat that just wouldn't stay away.

[ziggy]

ridenrain ridenrain:

I liked the cat that just wouldn't stay away.

And the cat came back.

[twister]

ziggy ziggy:

ridenrain ridenrain:

I liked the cat that just wouldn't stay away.

And the cat came back.

The very next day... the cat came back they thought he was a goner but the cat came back..... he just couldn't stay away....

[twister]

ziggy ziggy:

Wasnt the python song a parody of that?

No the python song was done 5 years before... It all started in a barbershop......when

[twister]

couldn't get a link to the film.. not available but here's a few stills to bring back some memories...

[twister]

and these...