{"id":16569,"date":"2014-07-04T01:30:09","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T01:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/?p=16569"},"modified":"2020-04-22T15:34:17","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T15:34:17","slug":"log-drivers-waltz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=16569","title":{"rendered":"Wade Hemsworth animated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2665 \u00a0This lighthearted, animated short is based on the song <em>\u00ab<strong>The Log Driver&#8217;s Waltz\u00bb<\/strong><\/em> by <strong>Wade Hemsworth<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Kate<\/strong> and <strong>Anna McGarrigle<\/strong> sing along to the tale of a young girl who loves to dance and chooses to marry a log driver over his more well-to-do competitor. Driving logs down the river has made the young man the best dancing partner to be found.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/upsZZ2s3xv8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you ask any girl from the parish around,<br \/>\nWhat pleases her most from her head to her toes;<br \/>\nShe&#8217;ll say, \u00abI&#8217;m not sure that it&#8217;s business of yours,<br \/>\nBut I do like to waltz with a log driver.\u00bb<\/p>\n<p><cite>For he goes birling down a-down white water,<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s where the log driver learns to step lightly;<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s birling down, a-down white water,<br \/>\nA log driver&#8217;s waltz pleases girls completely.<\/cite><\/p>\n<p>When the drive&#8217;s nearly over, I like to go down<br \/>\nTo see all the lads as they work on the river;<br \/>\nI know that come evening they&#8217;ll be in the town,<br \/>\nAnd we all want to waltz with a log driver.<\/p>\n<p><cite>For he goes birling down a-down white water,<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s where the log driver learns to step lightly;<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s birling down, a-down white water,<br \/>\nA log driver&#8217;s waltz pleases girls completely.<\/cite><\/p>\n<p>To please both my parents I&#8217;ve had to give way,<br \/>\nAnd dance with the doctors and the merchants and lawyers;<br \/>\nTheir manners are fine but their feet are of clay,<br \/>\nAnd there&#8217;s none with the style of a log driver.<\/p>\n<p><cite>For he goes birling down a-down white water,<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s where the log driver learns to step lightly;<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s birling down, a-down white water,<br \/>\nA log driver&#8217;s waltz pleases girls completely.<\/cite><\/p>\n<p>Now I&#8217;ve had my chances with all sorts of men,<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s none is so fine as my lad on the river;<br \/>\nAnd when the drive&#8217;s over, if he asks me again,<br \/>\nI think I will marry my log driver.<\/p>\n<p><cite>For he goes birling down a-down white water,<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s where the log driver learns to step lightly;<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s birling down, a-down white water,<br \/>\nA log driver&#8217;s waltz pleases girls completely.<\/cite><\/p>\n<p><cite>Birling down, a-down white water,<br \/>\nA log driver&#8217;s waltz pleases girls completely.<\/cite><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><i>\u00a4 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a4 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a4<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<h5>\u2665 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w2q8jEuH3nk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Blackfly Song<\/a> \u00a0\u2193 \u00a0by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wade_Hemsworth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wade Hemsworth<\/a>.<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">This animated short is based on the song of the same title, written and sung by Canadian folk singer Wade Hemsworth, with back-up vocals by the McGarrigle sisters. It recounts Hemsworth&#8217;s battles with this quintessential \u00abcritter\u00bb during a summer of surveying in Northern Ontario.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qjLBXb1kgMo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address><i>&#8216;twas early in the spring when i decide to go\u2028<\/i><\/address>\n<address><i>For to work up in the woods in north on-tar-i-o\u2028<\/i><\/address>\n<address><i>The unemployment office said they&#8217;d send me through\u2028<\/i><\/address>\n<address><i>To the little abi-tibi with the survey crew<\/i><\/address>\n<address><strong>And the black flies, the little black flies<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Always the black fly, no matter where you go<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>I&#8217;ll die with the black fly a-picking my bones<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>In north on-tar-i-o-i-o, in north on-tar-i-o<\/strong><\/address>\n<address>Now the man, black toby was the captain of the crew<\/address>\n<address>And he said, \u00abi&#8217;m gonna tell you boys what we&#8217;re gonna do<\/address>\n<address>They want to build a power dam and we must find a way<\/address>\n<address>For to make the little ab flow around the other way\u00bb<\/address>\n<address><strong>And the black flies, the little black flies<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Always the black fly, no matter where you go<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>I&#8217;ll die with the black fly a-picking my bones<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>In north on-tar-i-o-i-o, in north on-tar-i-o<\/strong><\/address>\n<address>So we survey to the east and we survey to the west<\/address>\n<address>And we couldn&#8217;t make our minds up how to do it best<\/address>\n<address>Little ab, little ab, what shall i do<\/address>\n<address>For i&#8217;m all but goin&#8217; crazy on the survey crew<\/address>\n<address><strong>And the black flies, the little black flies<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Always the black fly, no matter where you go<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>I&#8217;ll die with the black fly a-picking my bones<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>In north on-tar-i-o-i-o, in north on-tar-i-o<\/strong><\/address>\n<address>It was black fly, black fly everywhere<\/address>\n<address>A-crawlin&#8217; in your whiskers, a-crawlin&#8217; in your hair<\/address>\n<address>A-swimmin&#8217; in the soup, and a&#8217;swimmin in the tea<\/address>\n<address>Oh the devil take the black fly and let me be<\/address>\n<address><strong>And the black flies, the little black flies<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Always the black fly, no matter where you go<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>I&#8217;ll die with the black fly a-picking my bones<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>In north on-tar-i-o-i-o, in north on-tar-i-o<\/strong><\/address>\n<address>Black toby fell to swearin&#8217; &#8216;cause the work went slow<\/address>\n<address>And the state of our morale was gettin&#8217; pretty low<\/address>\n<address>And the flies swarmed heavy, it was hard to catch a breath<\/address>\n<address>As you staggered up and down the trail talkin&#8217; to yourself<\/address>\n<address><strong>And the black flies, the little black flies<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Always the black fly, no matter where you go<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>I&#8217;ll die with the black fly a-picking my bones<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>In north on-tar-i-o-i-o, in north on-tar-i-o<\/strong><\/address>\n<address>Now the bull cook&#8217;s name was blind river joe<\/address>\n<address>If it hadn&#8217;t been for him we&#8217;d have never pulled through<\/address>\n<address>For he bound up our bruises, and he kidded us for fun<\/address>\n<address>And he lathered us with bacon grease and balsam gum<\/address>\n<address><strong>And the black flies, the little black flies<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Always the black fly, no matter where you go<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>I&#8217;ll die with the black fly a-picking my bones<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>In north on-tar-i-o-i-o, in north on-tar-i-o<\/strong><\/address>\n<address>At last the job was over, black toby said, we&#8217;re through<\/address>\n<address>With the little abitibi and the survey crew<\/address>\n<address>&#8216;twas a wonderful experience and this i know<\/address>\n<address>I&#8217;ll never go again to north ontar-i-o<\/address>\n<address><strong>And the black flies, the little black flies<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>Always the black fly, no matter where you go<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>I&#8217;ll die with the black fly a-picking my bones<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong>In north on-tar-i-o-i-o, in north on-tar-i-o<\/strong><\/address>\n<address><strong><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/strong><\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2665 This lighthearted, animated short is based on the song \u00abThe Log Driver&#8217;s Waltz\u00bb by Wade Hemsworth. 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