LUMBERJACK SONG
(Terry Jones / Michael Palin / Fred Tomlinson)
Michael Palin & Monty Python's Flying Circus - 1970


BARBER: 
I wanted to be... a lumberjack!

Leaping from tree to tree, as they float down the mighty rivers of British Columbia. 
The Giant Redwood. The Larch. The Fir! The mighty Scots Pine! The lofty flowering 
Cherry! The plucky little Apsen! The limping Roo tree of Nigeria. The towering Wattle 
of Aldershot! The Maidenhead Weeping Water Plant! The naughty Leicestershire Flashing 
Oak! The flatulent Elm of West Ruislip! The Quercus Maximus Bamber Gascoigni! 
The Epigillus! The Barter Hughius Greenus!

With my best buddy by my side, we'd sing! Sing! Sing!

(singing)
I'm a lumberjack, and I'm okay. 
I sleep all night and I work all day.

MOUNTIES: 
He's a lumberjack, and he's okay. 
He sleeps all night and he works all day.

BARBER: 
I cut down trees. I eat my lunch. 
I go to the lavatory. 
On Wednesdays I go shoppin' 
And have buttered scones for tea.

MOUNTIES: 
He cuts down trees. He eats his lunch. 
He goes to the lavatory. 
On Wednesdays he goes shopping 
And has buttered scones for tea.

He's a lumberjack, and he's okay. 
He sleeps all night and he works all day.

BARBER: 
I cut down trees. I skip and jump. 
I like to press wild flowers. 
I put on women's clothing 
And hang around in bars.

MOUNTIES: 
He cuts down trees. He skips and jumps. 
He likes to press wild flowers. 
He puts on women's clothing 
And hangs around in bars?!

He's a lumberjack, and he's okay. 
He sleeps all night and he works all day.

BARBER: 
I cut down trees. I wear high heels, 
Suspendies, and a bra. 
I wish I'd been a girlie, 
Just like my dear Papa.

MOUNTIES: 
He cuts down trees. He wears high heels, 
Suspendies, and a bra?!

(talking)
What's this? Wants to be a girlie?! Oh, My! 
And I thought you were so rugged! Poofter!...

(singing)
He's a lumberjack, and he's okay. 
He sleeps all night and he works all day.

He's a lumberjack, and he's okaaaaay. 
He sleeps all night and he works all day.