(the) Timber Man Lyrics - The Johnny Cash Children's - Johnny Cash

Many, many years ago 

When this land was young 

A lot of our country was covered 

By big tall beautiful trees 

And men had to have the trees 

To make wood, to build houses 

Make furniture with, to make boats 

Even to make paper with 

So as more and more people came 

More wood was needed 

So more and more trees 

Were cut down 

And the man that lived in the forest 

And cut down the trees 

Was called the Timber man 

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Well, my world is green and dark and dumb 

My home is in the loggin' camp 

All week I cut down the mighty trees 

Saturday I get to do as I please 

I give the man more than his hire 

And he'll never know it if I tire 

Show me the toughest tree around 

The Timber man will bring it down 

Swing it hard, cut it clean 

No halfway or in-between 

Move when the axe is in my hand 

Make way for the Timber man 

Yeah, he was a mighty big tough man usually 

That Timber man that lived in that forest 

And cut down those big trees 

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Well, they say there's sawdust in my brain 

And don't get caught out in the rain 

I got stump water in my blood 

The sweat from my brow turns the ground to mud 

When the men don't know how to fell a tree 

The one they'll come and ask is me 

I'll mark my spot and I'll take my stand 

The tree's gonna fall for the Timber man 

Swing it hard, cut it clean 

No halfway or in-between 

Move when the axe is in my hand 

Make way for the Timber man 

And when they're cuttin' on a tree 

And it's just about ready to fall 

The man yells out timber, timber