with winter 'round the corner
we'd head up to the logging camps
it paid good money, to provide the family
long weeks and hard shifts, working hard to forget
punch in at the office, grab your gear and some slacks
report to the foreman, meet you in front of the shacks
log cabins and bunks
camp life was one hell of a run
stuffed with pork and beans to make it through the day
many drank themselves to sleep not to think of the ones away
tall tales and chum fights playing cards with the boys
gambling upper bunks and chores every saturday night
put on your "mack", grab some bread and lard
no going back to camp until you're sore and damp
today we blaze the trail, this one's goin' be hard
put on your "mack", eat your bread and lard
falling trees and rolling logs
shut up boy (kid), now pull and tug
back to the camp, small talk with the cookees
sneak into the kitchen, come on boys, eat and leave
alright boss, settle up with the office and send the balance home
and when spring comes again we'll hit the road, in hope...
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