Logs to Burn
Listen to Gordon Brenchley's version
Chorus:
Logs to burn, logs to burn,
Logs to save the coal a turn,
Here's a world to make you wise
When you hear the woodman's cries
Never heed his usual tale,
That he has splendid logs for sale,
But read these lines and so you'll learn
The proper kind of logs to burn.
Just hear this song and you will learn
the proper logs to burn
Chorus
Oak logs will warm you well
If they're old and dry.
Larch logs of pinewood smell,
But the sparks will fly.
Beech logs for Christmas time,
Yew logs heat well.
'Scotch' logs is a crime for anyone to sell.
Chorus
Birch logs will burn too fast.
Chestnut scarce at all,
Hawthorn logs are good to last
If you cut them in the fall.
Holly logs will burn like wax
You should burn them green.
Elm logs like smouldering flax,
No flame is to be seen
Chorus
Pear logs and apple logs,
they will scent your room.
Cherry logs across the dogs
Smell like flowers in the bloom.
But ash logs, all smooth and grey,
Burn them green or old;
Buy up all that come your way,
They're worth their weight in gold.
Chorus
