[Verse 1]
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Come all you good people and give me some time
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A tale I will tell of a time long gone by
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To northeast New Brunswick in song we will speed
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And sing of the men up the Miramichi.
[Verse 2]
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Sing of the swampers who cleared out the roads
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And of the teamsters who carried the loads
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To the swift runners and drivers they be
Am C Am
Working the woods up the Miramichi. (ch)
[Chorus]
G C D
Come hell or high water, black flies or deep snows
G C Am
The Miramichi Men are the toughest you know
G Am
The Miramichi Men are the tough ones.
[Verse 3]
Am C Em
So here's to the choppers, so quick and so strong
Am C Em
And to the raftsmen who move it along
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Here's to the toters, portashers who'll be
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Working the woods up the Miramichi (ch)
[Verse 4]
Am C Em
Here's to the Islanders, good with the axe
Am C Em
And those Quebeckers, such fine lumberjacks
Am C Em
To the Boys up from Bangor, down east by the sea
Am C Am
Who all took their turn up the Miramichi. (ch)
[Verse 5]
Am C Em
Here's to the farmers who toiled on the land
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And to the fishers down by the sea strand
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To the miners and millers wherever ye be
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Who all did their time on the Miramichi (ch)
[Verse 6]
Am C Em
So in the evening when the work is all done
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We'll gang round the fire for frolic and fun
Am C Em
With fiddles and fly beer a singing they'll be
Am C Am
Of all of the times on the Miramichi. (ch)
[Chorus]
G C D
Come hell or high water, black flies or deep snows
G C Am
The Miramichi Men are the toughest you know
G Am
The Miramichi Men are the tough ones.