Donn Reynolds - Little Old Log Shanty lyrics

rate me

I am looking rather seedy now while holding down my claim

And my victuals are not always served the best

And the mice play shyly round me as I nestle down to rest

In the little old log shanty on my claim

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Oh, the hinges are of leather and the windows have no glass

And the board roof lets the howling blizzard in

I can hear the hungry coyote as he slinks up through the grass

Round the little old log shanty on my claim

When I left my eastern home, a bachelor there so gay

To try and win my way to wealth and fame,

I never thought I'd come down to burning twisted hay

Round the little old log shanty on my claim

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My clothes are plastered o'er with mud, I'm looking like a fright

And everything is scattered round the room

Still I wouldn't give the freedom that I have out in the West

For the comfort of an eastern man's own home

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We would make the fortunes on the prairies of the West

Just as happy as two lovers we'd remain

We'd forget the trials and troubles we endured at the first

In the little old log shanty on our claim

Oh, the hinges are of leather and the windows have no glass

And the board roof lets the howling blizzard in

We can hear the hungry coyote as he slinks up through the grass

Round the little old log shanty on our claim

(Repeat)