The Fabulous History Of The Churchill Falls Barrel Races

Lyrics for The Fabulous History Of The Churchill Falls Barrel Races

(Papa never said much but now Papa say It is best so . Though I' m not certain becaus ... our mama cleared her throat) Yeah he had drag us all over these Americas From Buenos Aires up to Billings Montana Today we 're in the southern states of Ameri ... Somewhere, somewhere, working in some ir ... My papa had his pick axe propped above hi ... And without another swing, he heard that v ... He heard what is said, and he cried out Christ! Oh not again He dropped his pick axe right there on the c... Headed on up out and made a left turn (That ' s north east to you and I) My 13 years old sister she gathered up the r... To see what our papa was going this time, t... We got outside, we could tell by the hitch in ... By the stoop in his shoulder By the angle of his mining boots He was going back home Back home to Labrador We were welcome no more And she called: Christ! We gotta stay right here We got places here We cannot disappear Yeah the whole family got caught up in his ... Picking up those mining rocks whipping the ... My sister, she took her pick axe Tried to spade it through my father' s back But she missed, she throws like a woman But my sweetheart, my mama, she took off ... And she cranked my father in the back of th... He slowed down, and with a sweep of his g ... He swept up all these articles He swept up that pick axe He swept up them mining rocks He swept up that iron necklace And he put ' em in his sack He headed back to Labrador We were welcome no more Back home to Labrador We were welcome no more Come on! Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he went to Buffalo... He came to Montreal, spoke to some of my ... He made a left turn at Trois -Rivières and he ... He looked 127 meters up into the sky (I don 't know your American conversion) And a blanch came over his face And his decision was made So he took out my sister ' s pick axe Started hacking away at this maple tree He cut 16 even pieces, put them in a shape ... He started hacking away in the stump of thi ... To make a bottom for the barrel He started hacking away at this stump of a ... To make a top for the barrel He put the barrel on his back Hitched about a mile up Churchill River Threw the barrel in the water, into the river Threw himself into the barrel, into the water... And started floating down Churchill River Inside the barrel, he came to Churchill Falls Went Down! And down He was a bit pissed off at the good fortune ... You see, he' d been making holes his whole ... Hiding down inside And now this one he made from his daught ... He made too well, too well So he took this hole of a barrel Propped it underneath Churchill River Let it fill up with water from Churchill Falls He took his rucksack, emptied out the minin ... Put ' em inside the barrel He took that pick axe, put it inside the barrel He took my sweetheart, my mama's neckla ... He got inside that barrel And he held that top of the barrel above his ... And the water sent him down! You see, there were all these people gather... To see what this man was doing at Churchil... He was crouched down inside that barrel Those mining rocks rubbing against his butt... That pick axe rubbing against his groin, rub... And that iron necklace wrapped around his ... And the people outside, they swore they he ... Immerse me full Fall River to deliver me my ... Ladies and gentlemen, That is the fabulous history of the Churchill ... And to this day, the contestants of the barre... For some reason unbeknownst to them They must were an iron necklace around th ... And the caller of the race, he doesn 't call 1,... He doesn 't call "ready, steady, go " He doesn 't call "on your marks " But he calls this: Come on (Papa, goin goin this time Kept walking, with this hitch in his legs My sister burn up We gotta stay right here Keeps on, with a northern angle to his boots We gotta face this hell)