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Fred Alley Music by
James Kaplan Story by
Fred Alley & James Kaplan A LUMBERJACK IN LOVE BIRD IN A LAKE FISH IN A TREE BOTH THESE CRITTERS AIN’T WHERE THEY SHOULD BE MAN EATING HAY MULE IN A HAT WHAT IN THE WORLD IS MORE OUT OF PLACE THAN THAT? CHORUS A LUMBERJACK IN LOVE . . . A LUMBERJACK IN LOVE . . . A LUMBERJACK IN LOVE IS THE SADDEST OF THE BATCH HE’S A FISH OUT OF WATER, HE’S AN ITCH YOU CAN’T SCRATCH A PIG IN A BLANKET COULDN’T HOPE TO HOLD A MATCH TO A LUMBERJACK IN LOVE
SONG LYRICS SAILS ON A WAGON WHEELS ON BOAT NO NEED TO TELL YOU THAT IT PROBABLY WON’T FLOAT BRIDE IN A BARREL PORK IN A DRESS WHAT’CHA GOT FELLAS IS A REALLY BIG MESS REPEAT CHORUS (TWO TIMES) A LUMBERJACK, A LUMBERJACK, A LUMBERJACK IN LOVE!
SHANTY BOYS AT NIGHT THERE IS A DISMAL WAIL THAT RINGS ACROSS THE SKY THE MOURNFUL SONG OF MARRIED MEN AND THIS IS WHAT THEY CRY I WISH I WAS A SHANTY BOY A SHANTY BOY’S WHAT I’D RATHER BE FOR SHANTY BOYS ARE WILD AND FREE THE SHANTY LIFE’S FOR ME SOME BOYS WISH TO BE PRESIDENT SOME WISH TO GO TO SEA BUT EVERY MAN WHO IS A MAN KNOWS WHAT HE’S BORN TO BE THEY WISH THEY ALL WERE SHANTY BOYS A SHANTY BOY’S WHAT I’D RATHER BE FOR SHANTY BOYS ARE WILD AND FREE THE SHANTY LIFE’S FOR ME
FROM CALIFORNIA OUT TO MAINE ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND STRONG EACH LUMBERJACK NOW RAISE YOUR VOICE AND JOIN US IN OUR SONG THANK GOD THAT WE ARE SHANTY BOYS A SHANTY BOY’S WHAT I’D RATHER BE FOR SHANTY BOYS ARE WILD AND FREE THE SHANTY LIFE, THE SHANTY LIFE, THE SHANTY LIFE’S FOR ME! BUNCHA NAKED LUMBERJACKS I DIDN’T SLEEP A WINK LAST NIGHT COULD’A USED A DRINK LAST NIGHT I TOSSED AND I TURNED, I TURNED AND I TOSSED A ROLLING SHANTY BOY GATHERS NO MOSS DREAMED I STOOD NAKED AS A JAY
FRONT OF A PREACHER WHO DID SAY “WILL YOU HAVE HER, WILL SHE HAVE YOU?” MY MAIL ORDER BRIDE SHE WAS BARE NAKED TOO YES, THERE WAS A GAL, SHE WAS NAKED AS ME, I SCREAMED AND I RAN BUT SO DID SHE. AFTER A LONG TIME I MADE IT TO THE WOODS BEHIND A PINE TREE THERE I STOOD THEN I HEAR A SOUND I KNOW REAL GOOD SOME HEFTY SHANTY BOYS CHOPPING ON WOOD NEXT THING YOU KNOW THE PINE TREE FALLS AND THERE I STAND NAKED AND ALL THOSE BURLEY SHANTY BOYS CHOPPING THAT TREE KINDA FUNNY THING THEY WERE NAKED AS ME CHORUS A BUNCHA NAKED LUMBERJACKS CHOPPING DOWN TREES A BUNCHA NAKED
LUMBERJACKS FAR AS I COULD SEE (REPEAT CHORUS) YOU WAS THERE MOON, MUSKRAT TOO SAW MORE THAN I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOU YOU WAS THERE BOB, I WAS TOO PREACHER SMILED AND SAID, “DO YOU?” WELL, I SAID, “I’M NOT REALLY SURE THAT I DO” SHE SAID, “IF HE WILL THEN I WILL TOO” THE PREACHER SAID, “YOU’RE MATES FOR LIFE” I STOOD THERE SHAKIN’ NEXT TO MY BARE NAKED WIFE SHE TURNED TO ME AND SHE TRIED TO KISS ME, SHE TRIED TO KISS BUT BOYS SHE MISSED ME CAUSE RIGHT ABOUT THEN THE BREAKFAST BELL WOKE ME UP AND I LIVED TO TELL A NIGHTMARE I’LL REMEMBER WELL (REPEAT CHORUS)
LITTLE BLACK RAIN CLOUD THERE’S A LITTLE BLACK RAIN CLOUD FLOATING UP ABOVE MY HEAD I WAS HOPING FOR A SUNBEAM GOT A RAINDROP INSTEAD A LITTLE BLACK RAIN CLOUD FOLLOWS ME AROUND ALL DAY EVERY TIME I LOOK UP WASHES EVERYTHING AWAY SUNNY SKIES ONCE I HAD SUNNY SKIES BUT TIME FLIES SHANTY BOYS TIME FLIES YOU WAKE UP
ONE FINE DAY, BIG SURPRISE CLOUDY SKIES SHANTY BOYS CLOUDY SKIES THERE’S A LITTLE BLACK RAIN CLOUD FLOATING UP ABOVE MY HEAD A LITTLE BLACK RAIN CLOUD WHEN I’M LYING IN MY BED A LITTLE BLACK RAIN CLOUD ALL THE SUDDEN SKIES ARE GRAY A LITTLE BLACK RAIN CLOUD WASHES EVERYTHING AWAY
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STUPID, STUPID LOVE INTRO & VERSE 1 - ACTRESS ONLY
CHORUS OH, LOVE-LOVE-LOVELOVE-LOVE-LOVE-LOVELOVE-LOVE-LOVE-LOVE STUPID, STUPID, LOVE! VERSE 2 - ACTRESS ONLY
REPEAT CHORUS VERSE 3 & 4 - ACTRESS ONLY
REPEAT CHORUS SHANTY IN THE PINES IN OUR LITTLE SHANTY IN THE PINES WHERE THE BRIGHT SUMMER SUNLIGHT NEVER SHINES WHEN THE SWAMP GAS A-BUBBLES WE'LL FORGET ALL OUR TROUBLES IN OUR LITTLE SHANTY IN THE PINES IN OUR BACHELOR CABIN IN THE WOOD WE WILL CELEBRATE THE BOND OF BROTHERHOOD
WHEN THE SAP STARTS A-FLOWIN' THEN THE PLACE I'M A-GOIN' IS OUR BACHELOR CABIN IN THE WOOD TO OUR LITTLE SHANTY IN THE PINES WHERE THE BRIGHT SUMMER SUNLIGHT NEVER SHINES WE’LL EAT BEANS AND A-BACON ‘TIL OUR BUNKS ARE A-SHAKIN’ IN OUR LITTLE SHANTY IN THE PINES TO OUR FROZEN IGLOO IN THE SNOW WHERE THE LITTLE LADIES NEVER EVER GO WE’LL BE LUMBER A-JACKIN’ WHILE THE ICE IS A-CRACKIN’ IN OUR FROZEN IGLOO IN THE SNOW! SHANTY IN THE PINES! CABIN IN THE WOODS! IGLOO IN THE SNOW! LET’S GO!
HAPPY LUMBERJACK AS LONG AS I’M HERE I MAY AS WELL BE A HAPPY LUMBERJACK PLEASE TAKE IT FROM ME YOU’RE GONNA SEE ONE HAPPY LUMBERJACK IF A DAY DAWNS DARK AND DREARY MY SAW ISN’T SHARP OH, I’M NOT GONNA SIT IN MY SHANTY AND CARP I’M TRADING IN MY SAW FOR A HALO AND HARP I’M A HAP HAPPY, HAP HAPPY, HAP HAPPY, HAP HAPPY, SLAP HAPPY LUMBERJACK! JUST A HAP HAPPY, HAP HAPPY, HAP HAPPY, HAP HAPPY, SLAP HAPPY LUMBERJACK! IF MY TEETH FALL OUT AND MY HAIR FOLLOWS SUIT AND MY CORNS GET SO BIG THAT I CAN’T PULL ON A BOOT
YOU WON’T HEAR A COMPLAINT CAUSE MUSKRAT THE MUTE IS ONE HAPPY LUMBERJACK ROOTY TOOT TOOT! ROOT TOOT, TOOT TOOT, TOOT TOOT, TOOT TOOT! ROOT TOOT, TOOT TOOT, TOOT TOOT, TOOT TOOT TOOT! PAUSE - (ACTOR LINE) ROOT TOOT, TOOT TOOT, TOOT TOOT, TOOT TOOT! ROOT TOOT, TOOT TOOT, TOOT TOOT, TOOT TOOT TOOT! I’M A HAPPY LUMBERJACK!
A LUMBERJACK IN LOVE (FINALE) BIRD IN A LAKE FISH IN A TREE BOTH THESE CRITTERS AIN’T WHERE THEY SHOULD BE! MAN EATING HAY . . . MULE IN A HAT . . . WHAT IN THE WORLD . . . IS MORE OUTTA PLACE THAN THAT?! CHORUS A LUMBERJACK IN LOVE, A LUMBERJACK IN LOVE A LUMBERJACK IN LOVE IS THE SADDEST OF THE BATCH HE’S A FISH OUT OF WATER, HE’S AN ITCH YOU CAN’T SCRATCH A PIG IN A BLANKET COULDN’T HOPE TO HOLD A MATCH TO A LUMBERJACK IN LOVE . . . (REPEAT CHORUS) A LUMBERJACK, A LUMBERJACK, A LUMBERJACK IN LOVE!!
Moonlight
Bob
Kid
Muskrat
Rosemary
Slim
Glossary of Lumberjack Lingo stag dance men being “ladies” wore a red scarf on one arm belly burglar a bad cook door knobs biscuits lunch hook a lumberjack’s hand nose bag food bucket bark eater lumberjack, shanty boy sky pilot minister called in when a jack is about to die yaps crazy (also jill poker) shanty nasty one who lived in an abandoned logging camp wing ding a spending spree in the city after a long winter’s work misery whip a crosscut saw bark spud a tool for peeling bark off a tree arbuckle coffee bald faced whiskey a potent cheap grade of whiskey kill dad pail for odds and ends of tobacco, all could borrow wood kimona coffin big sticks the woods pants rabbits lice (also private livestock) wampus cat imaginary animal to which night noises were attributed (courtesy of LUMBERJACK LINGO by L.G. Sorden and Jacque Vallier)
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