LOG DRIVER’S WALTZ || Clawhammer Banjo

Title : Log Driver's Waltz Orig Artist : Kate & Anna McGarrigle for the National Film Board of Canada (‪@nfb‬ , ‪@CBC‬ ) Instrument : 🪕 5 string banjo (Gold Tone Cripple Creek CC-100R) Style : Clawhammer / Frailing Tuning : Double D (Capo 2 for aDADE) Experience Level : 😌 Novice (9 months). ----- 💸DONATE You can also now support me with a tip donation on ☕️ Ko-Fi, where at least 50% of proceeds will be given directly to charity! https://ko-fi.com/heartsong506 ----- The absolutely ICONIC Log Driver's Waltz, as featured by the NFB between shows on CBC, especially during the 80's and 90's! The song features the titular "log driver", a skilled woodsman in early days of lumber industry that would stand and balance on log's in order to guide them along the waterway. This skill is still on display during Log Rolling events. Fun fact : I used to SSSSHHHHHHH everyone in my house whenever Log Driver's Waltz would come on the TV lol ----- 🎤LYRICS [VERSE 1] 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 [CHORUS] 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 [VERSE 2] 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 [CHORUS] 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 [VERSE 3] 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 [CHORUS] 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 [VERSE 4] 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 [CHORUS] 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 ----- 🔗 LINKS Playlist : Banjo (Clawhammer)    • Banjo (Clawhammer)   Original video :    • CANADA VIGNETTES: LOG DRIVER'S WALTZ | Ful...   Original aritst :    • Log Driver's Waltz   Gold Tone Cripple Creek CC-100R : https://goldtonemusicgroup.com/goldto... Long & McQuade : https://www.long-mcquade.com/13376/Gu... ----- #canadiana #lumberjack #nfb #heritage #clawhammerbanjo