Timber of Love
She came across from overseas to the timber of love
He asked her would you marry me in the timber of love
It’s up the Mississippi to St. Paul
She could hear her true love call
For his love she gave it all
In the timber of love
The moved up north and built a home in the timber of love
She found that she was on her own in the timber of love
She felt her dreams disappear
There were no neighbors near
He was gone for a half a year
In the timber of love
He moved up north to a lumber camp in the timber of love
Sat a round kerosene lamp in the timber of love
The white pines stood straight and tall
He worked hard to make them fall
While she stared at the wall
In the timber of love
Cover lice in the early Spring in the timber of love
She washed his clothes in kerosene in the timber of love
He cleared the woods day by day
Grew wheat, oats, and hay
Baby Willie was born on Christmas Day
In the timber of love
A hundred years have come and gone in the timber of love
Baby Willie has now passed on in the timber of love
The pioneers were brave and bold
The land was so harsh and cold
In those days of the old in the timber of love
Now people come driving up 35 to the timber of love
In their four-wheel drives down 95 in the timber of love
Everything moves so fast
Nothing seems to last
Everything runs on gas
In the timber of love
Words & music by Larry Long
Copyright Larry Long 2017 | BMI
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