The Log Drivers Waltz

If you ask any girl from the valley around
What pleases her most from her head to her toes
She'll say, "I'm not sure that it's business of yours"
But she does like to waltz with her log driver

For he goes birlin' down and down white water
That's where the log driver learns to step lightly
It's birlin' down and down white water
A log driver's waltz pleases girls completely

When the drive's nearly over, she likes to go down
And watch all the lads, as they work on the river
She knows that come evening, they'll be in the town
And they all like to waltz with the log driver

For he goes birlin' down and down white water
That's where the log driver learns to step lightly
It's birlin' down and down white water
A log driver's waltz pleases girls completely

To please both her parents, she 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 her log driver

For he goes birlin' down and down white water
That's where the log driver learns to step lightly
It's birlin' down and down white water
A log driver's waltz pleases girls completely

Now she's had many chances, with all sorts of men
But none as so fine, as her lad on the river
So when the drive's over, if he asks her again
She thinks she will marry her log driver

For he goes birlin' down and down white water
That's where the log driver learns to step lightly
It's birlin' down and down white water
A log driver's waltz pleases girls completely

Birlin' down and down white water
A log driver's waltz pleases girls completely