Once
More a-Lumb’ring Go
chorus:
And once more a-lumb'ring go
And once more a-lumb'ring go
And we'll range the wild woods over
And once more a-lumbring go
Come
all you sons of freedom
That run the Saginaw stream
Come all you roving lumberjacks
And listen to my theme
We'll cross the Tittabawassee
Where the mighty waters flow
And we'll range the wild woods over
And once more a-lumb'ring go
When
the white frost takes the valley
And the snow conceals the woods
Each farmer has enough to do
To earn the family food
With the week no better pastime
Than to hunt the buck and doe
And we'll range the wild woods over
And once more a-lumb'ring go
You
may talk about your farms
Your houses and fine ways
And pity us poor shanty boys
While dashing in our sleighs
Around a good campfire at night
We'll sing while the wild winds blow
And we'll range the wild woods over
And once more a-lumb'ring go
With
our axes on our shoulders
We'll make the woods resound
And many a tall and stately tree
Will come tumbling to the ground
With our axes on our shoulders
To our boot tops deep in snow
We'll range the wild woods over
And once more a-lumb'ring go
When navigation opens
And the waters run so free
We'll drive our logs to Saginaw
Then haste our girls to see
They will welcome our return
And we'll in raptures flow
And we'll stay with them through summer
And once more a-lumb'ring go
When
our youthful days are ended
And our jokes are getting long
We'll take us each a little wife
And settle on a farm
We'll have enough to eat and drink
Contented we will go
And we'll tell our wives of our hard times
And no more a-lumb'ring go