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Lyric Coloratura Soprano: Megan Skidmore
If you should ask any girl, from the parishes around,
what pleases her most from her head to her toes,
She'll say, "I'm not so sure that it's business of yours!
-but I do like to waltz with a log driver,
for he goes, hurlin', burlin' down the white water-
yes, that's where the log driver learns to step lightly,
goes hurlin', burlin' down white water
a log driver's waltz pleases girls completely.
Ah!
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!
-for he goes hurlin', burlin' down the white water,
that's where the log driver learns to step lightly,
goes hurlin', burlin' down the white water,
a log driver's waltz pleases girls completely.
Ah!
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,
for he goes hurlin', burlin' down the white water,
that's where the log driver learns to step lightly,
for he goes hurlin', burlin' down the white water,
yes the log driver's waltz pleases girls completely.
Now I've had my chances with all sorts of men-
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,
Hurlin', burlin' down the white water,
that's where the log driver learns to step lightly,
goes hurlin' burlin' down white water,
The log driver's waltz pleases girls completely!
A log driver's waltz pleases girls completely!
Hah!- ah.
Megan Skidmore/The Pacific Disturbance Chamber Players