Dad was singing in a Yule concert with his choir (chorus?). I really enjoyed a Canadian song I had never heard before. Here's the lyrics:
A Snow Shanty
Tune: South Australia
Words: Eileen McGann
Woke up on a frozen morn
Heave away, haul away
Radio said there's been a storm
I'm bound for work this morning
Chorus 1: (after every 2 verses)
Heave away you frozen thing
Heave away, haul away
All the way you'll hear me sing
I'm bound for work this morning
Tried to open up the door
Snow's piled up five feet or more
Got a shovelling job ahead
Except the shovel's in the shed
Shoved the door and make a gap
One step out I'm on my back
It's down my collar, up my nose
Down my boots between my toes!
Struggle through the drifts and piles
Shed seems like its twenty miles
Reached the shed and realize
I've left the bloody keys inside
It's to the house, back to the shed
Heave away, haul away
I think this snow is made of lead
I'm bound for work this morning
Chorus 2: (ditto)
Heave away the ice and snow
Heave away, haul away
Cursin' swearin' as you go
I'm bound for work this morning
It's time to shovel out the cars
If we can find out where they are
The drive is done, the car is clear
What's that rumbling noise I hear?
I look up at the dreadful sound
The city plow is bearing down
The city plow goes thundering by
Leaving snow banks ten feet high
The car is buried there's no way
I'll make it into work today
I'll hitch the dog up to the sled
It's time this daschund earned his bread
The car is lost, the dog has fled
Heave away, haul away
It's time I headed back to bed!
(silence)
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