# The Lumberjack Song! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 16, 2002, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lumberjack-song/132459 "2002-10-16T04:26:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lumberjack-song/132459/1 "2002-10-16T04:26:51Z")
Lets all sing along! _I’m a Lumberjack and I’m O-K!_ _I sleep all night, and I work all day…_ ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lumberjack-song/132459/2 "2002-10-16T04:37:39Z")
CHORUS: _He’s a lumberjack and he’s O-K! He sleeps all night and he works all day!_ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lumberjack-song/132459/3 "2002-10-16T05:30:05Z")
_I cut down trees, I eats my lunch, I go to the lavatory! On Wednesdays I go shopping, have buttered scones for tea!_ ---
**Author:** ![d\_redguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@d\_redguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d_redguy)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lumberjack-song/132459/4 "2002-10-16T06:17:56Z")
He cuts down trees, he eats his lunch, he goes to the lavatory! On Wednesdays he goes shopping, has buttered scones for tea! _He’s a lumberjack and he’s O-K! He sleeps all night and he works all day!_ (The next verse is my favorite, but I refuse to jump verses so as to maintain the integrity of the song - it deserves it!) ---
**Author:** ![Jester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jester/32/8223_2.png) [@Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jester)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lumberjack-song/132459/5 "2002-10-16T06:23:39Z")
_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!_ [sub]Hoping I didn’t butcher it, since d\_redguy might become enraged…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lumberjack-song/132459/6 "2002-10-16T07:03:18Z")
_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 O-K! He sleeps all night and he works all day! ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lumberjack-song/132459/7 "2002-10-16T12:34:24Z")
I cut down trees. I wear high heels, Suspendies, and a bra. I wish I’d been a girlie, Just like my dear Papa. ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lumberjack-song/132459/8 "2002-10-16T19:58:25Z")
He cuts down trees, he wears high heels, Suspendies and a bra? He…(grumble grumble grumble…) ---
**Author:** ![Jester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jester/32/8223_2.png) [@Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jester)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lumberjack-song/132459/9 "2002-10-16T20:20:25Z")
(click, click, click, click, SLAM!) He’s a lumberjack and he’s okay! He sleeps all night and he works all day! He’s a lumber jack and he’s okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa… ---
**Author:** ![Jester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jester/32/8223_2.png) [@Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jester)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lumberjack-song/132459/10 "2002-10-16T20:25:09Z")
…aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa… ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lumberjack-song/132459/11 "2002-10-16T23:54:18Z")
Er fällt Bäume, er hüpft und springt, Steckt Blumen in die Vas’ Er schlüpft in Frauenkleider Und lümmelt sich in Bars…? ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2002, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lumberjack-song/132459/12 "2002-10-17T01:09:55Z")
Er ist ein Holzfäller und fühlt sich stark Er schlaft des Nachts und hackt am Tag Ich fälle Bäume, trag Stockelschuh Und Strumpf und Bustenhalter Wär gern ein kleines Mädchen So wie mein Onkel Walter ---
**Author:** ![Marine\_One](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marine_one/32/3461_2.png) [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2002, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lumberjack-song/132459/13 "2002-10-17T02:32:12Z")
Dear Sir, I wish to complain on the strongest possible terms about the previous entry in this file about the lumberjack who wears womens’ clothes. Some of my best friends are lumberjacks, and only a FEW of them are transvestites. ``` Yours faithfully, Brigadier Sir Charles Arthur Strong, Mrs. ``` P.S. I have never kissed the editor of the radio times. ---
**Author:** ![Jester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jester/32/8223_2.png) [@Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jester)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2002, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lumberjack-song/132459/14 "2002-10-17T02:38:59Z")
Half a bee, philisophically… ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2002, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lumberjack-song/132459/15 "2002-10-17T04:11:37Z")
Question: Why does the German lumberjack want to be like his Uncle Walter instead of his “dear Papa”? ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2002, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lumberjack-song/132459/16 "2002-10-17T04:37:56Z")
Oh, you’re no fun anymore! ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2002, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lumberjack-song/132459/17 "2002-10-17T04:38:50Z")
So it rhymes? ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2002, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lumberjack-song/132459/18 "2002-10-17T04:40:56Z")
Must ipso facto, half _not_ be… PS– **LurkMeister** : it’s probably a matter of making the song rhyme. Just a hunch. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2002, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lumberjack-song/132459/19 "2002-10-17T05:24:10Z")
:smack: Definitely past my bedtime. I got so fixated on translating the German I lost track of the rhyme. And just to redeem myself: But half the bee has got to be ---
**Author:** ![Spiny\_Norman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Spiny\_Norman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiny_Norman)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2002, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lumberjack-song/132459/20 "2002-10-17T05:24:56Z")
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