Don't Cut Timber On A Windy Day Lyrics - Sonny James

I once had a friend named Joe the biggest lumberjack in all of Idaho 

He worked like a dog from day to day he drew ten cents an hour for his pay 

Come Saturday evenin' he'd have him a ball gonna ride him a log over Idaho Falls 

But now old Joe he's laid to rest he forgot this slogan that he learned best (he learned best, he learned best) 

Don't you cut timber on a windy day stay out of woods you'd better listen what I say 

Winds in the tops liable to go either way don't you cut timber on a windy day 

Don't you cut timber on a windy day... 

Now Joe had a girl and her name was Anne she had arms like a bull and muscles like a man 

And when she heard old Joe was dead she picked up her ax and away she fled 

Up in the mountains where the trees grow tall it was in her mind to cut 'em all 

Folks around here say to this day that Anne's still up they're choppin' away (choppin' away, choppin away) 

Don't you cut timber on a windy day...