歌谱：the woodmans alphabet(TXT吉他谱)

6  7   7   7 -8  8  -8 7  7    7

a was the ax as you very well know.



-6 -5 -5   -5  -6  -7     7   -6   6

b was the boys who could use them so.



6  8   8   8 -9    7  7 -9  -9 -9

c was the chopping we early began.



8  8   8   8 -9  8  8 -6  -7  7

d was the danger so often we ran.



chorus

6   6 7    7  7 8   8 -8  7   7  7

so merry, so merry, so merry are we.



7   -6 -6  -5   -5    -6   7   -7-6   6

oh, we are the lads, we're out on a spree.



6   8 8   8   8 7   7  -9 -9  8

hi derry, ho derry, hi derry down.



7   -8 -8  -8   -8   

give shanty boys grub 



-9    8     -8 -6   -7    7

and there's nothing goes wrong.  





e was the echo that through the woods rang.

f was the foreman, the head of our gang.

g was the grindstone so round and so smooth.

h was the handle so swiftly did move.

chorus

i was the iron that marked the pine.

j was the jovial lads, never behind.

k was the keen edges our axes did keep.

l was the lice that kept us from sleep.

chorus

m was the moss we worked in our camp.

n was the needle with which we mended our pants.

o was the owl tha hooted at nigh.

p was the pine that we always felled right.

chorus

q was the quarrels we did not allow.

r was the rivers our boys did not plow.

s was the sled so stout and so strong.

t was the team that hauled them along.

chorus

u was the use we put our teams to.

v was the valley we hauled our logs through.

w was the woods we left in the spring.

now i have sung all i'm going to sing

chorus

these last three letters i can't get to rhyme

but i'll tell you i love you and hope i'm in time.