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River drivin on the Sacandaga
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Floatin on a slippery log
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Sleepin in a frozen bog
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My girl’s waitin for me
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Hard boiled eggs three times a day
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Wet as beavers we hit the hay
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Not much sleep but great good pay
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My girl’s waitin for me
INTERLUDE
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Big French Joe and I went out
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To break a jam when I heard him shout
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Prenez guard and the jam went out
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My girl’s waitin for me
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Big French Joe the logs drowned him
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He had no chance to fight or swim
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With the logs jammed up to the river’s rim
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My girl’s waitin for me
SOLO
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His girl comes to me and cries
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If he’s dead then I shall die
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My petit he used to sigh
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My girl’s waitin for me
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We will find him down below
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Around the bend where the water is slow
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Floatin with his pike in tow
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My girl’s waitin for me
INTERLUDE
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My petit will wring her hands
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As we scrape away at the yellow sand
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And bury him by the river strand
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My girl’s waitin for me
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One more night and one more day
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And the logs will reach the river bay
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I’ll skin off these togs and I will say
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My girl’s waitin for me