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Logs To Burn

from Waiting For The Word by Kevin Adams

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Based on a poem written by Honor Goodharrt during the National Strike of 1926. Coal being scarce, wood became a valued fuel. The tune is mine.

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Logs To Burn

Oak logs will warm you well,
If they're old and dry.
Larch logs of pinewoods smell
But the sparks will fly.
Beech logs for Christmas time;
Yew logs heat well;
But green elder logs it is a crime
For anyone to sell-O
For anyone to sell.

Birch logs will burn too fast;
Chestnut scarce at all;
Hawthorn logs are good to last
If cut in the fall.
Holly logs will burn like wax,
You should burn them green;
Elm logs like smouldering flax,
No flame to be seen-O
No flame to be seen.

Pear logs and apple logs,
They will scent your room;
Cherry logs across the dogs
Smell like flowers in bloom,
Ash logs all smooth and grey
Burn them green or old,
And buy up all that come your way
They're worth their weight in gold-O
They're worth their weight in gold.

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from Waiting For The Word, released June 23, 2006
music: Kev Adams

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Kevin Adams Milton Keynes, UK

Blending traditional folk music with a love of other genres- classical, jazz, folk-rock, prog-rock, pop… music, music, music…

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