verse 1
D G
If you ask any girl from the parish around
A Asus2 D
What pleases her most from her head to her toes
D G
She'll say, I'm not sure that it's business of yours
A D
But I do like to waltz with a log driver
A D G
For he goes birling down and down white water
D A
That's where the log driver learns to step lightly
D G
It's birling down and down white water
D A D D A D
A log driver's waltz pleases girls completely
verse 2
D G
When the drive's nearly over, I like to go down
A Asus2 D
And watch all the lads as they work on the river
D G
I know that come evening, they'll be in the town
A D
And we all like to waltz with the log driver
A D G
For he goes birling down and down white water
D A
That's where the log driver learns to step lightly
D G
It's birling down and down white water
D A D D A D
A log driver's waltz pleases girls completely
verse 3
D G
To please both my parents, I've had to give way
A Asus2 D
And dance with the doctors and merchants and lawyers
D G
Their manners are fine but their feet are of clay
A D
For there's none with the style of my log driver
A D G
For he goes birling down and down white water
D A
That's where the log driver learns to step lightly
D G
It's birling down and down white water
D A D D A D
A log driver's waltz pleases girls completely
verse 4
D G
Now I've had my chances with all sorts of men
A Asus2 D
But none as so fine as my lad on the river
D G
So when the drive's over, if he asks me again
A D
I think I will marry my log driver
A D G
For he goes birling down and down white water
D A
That's where the log driver learns to step lightly
D G
It's birling down and down white water
D A D
A log driver's waltz pleases girls completely
D G
Birling down and down white water
D A D A D
A log driver's waltz pleases girls com-pletely