Lumberjack Song

LUMBERJACK SONG
Music by M. Palin, T. Jones, and F. Tomlinson, words by Jones and Palin
Sung by Michael Palin and the Fred Tomlinson Singers
From `Monty Python’s Flying Circus’ and others

I didn’t want to be a barber anyway.
I wanted to be a lumberjack!

Leaping from tree to tree as they float down the mighty rivers of British Columbia… The Fir! The Larch! The Redwood! The mighty Scots Pine! The plucky little Aspen! The great limping rude tree of Nigeria! With my best gal by my side, we’d sing, SING…

Oh, I’m a lumberjack, and I’m okay
I sleep all night and 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 shoppin’
And has buttered scones for tea

All: He’s a lumberjack, and he’s okay
He sleeps all night and he works 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?!

(A brief, confused pause)

All: …He’s a lumberjack, and he’s okay
He sleeps all night and he works all day

I cut 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 bra?!

Wants to be a girlie?!
Poofter! Bloody poofter!
Pinko commie fairy faggot…

HIS GIRL: Oh, Bevis! And I thought you were so RUGGED!!

(footsteps, door slams)

He’s a lumberjack, and he’s okay
He sleeps all night and he works all day
He’s a lumberjack, and he’s okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay…
Sleeps all night and he works all day!