If you ask any girl from the parish 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 I do like to waltz with a log driver

For he goes birling down and down white water
That´s where the log driver learns to step lightly
Yes, birling down and down white water
The log driver´s waltz pleases girls completely

When the drive´s nearly over I like to go down
And watch all the lads as they work on the river
I know that come evening they´ll be in the town
And we all like to waltz with the log driver

For he goes birling down and down white water
That´s where the log driver learns to step lightly
Yes, birling down and down white water
The log driver´s waltz pleases girls completely

To please both my parents, I´ve 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 my log driver

For he goes birling down and down white water
That´s where the log driver learns to step lightly
Yes, birling down and down white water
The log driver´s waltz pleases girls completely

Now I´ve had my chances with all sorts of men
But none as so fine as my lad on the river
So when the drive´s over, if he asks me again
I think I will marry my log driver

For he goes birling down and down white water
That´s where the log driver learns to step lightly
Yes, birling down and down white water
The log driver´s waltz pleases girls completely
Birling down and down white water
The log driver´s waltz pleases girls completely