Album: The Final Rip Off (1974)

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• I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK
  I sleep all night and I work all day.
  
  [Chorus]
  He's a lumberjack and he's OK
  He sleeps all night and he works all day.
  
  I cut down trees, I eat my lunch
  I go to the lavatory.
  On Wednesdays I go shopping and have buttered scones for tea
  
  [Mounties]
  He cut down trees, he eat his lunch
  He go to the lavatory.
  On Wednesdays he go shopping and has buttered scones for tea.
  
  [Chorus]
  He's a lumberjack and he's OK
  He sleeps all night and he works all day.
  
  I cut down trees, I skip and jump
  I like to press wild flowers.
  I put on women's clothing and hang around in bars.
  
  [Mounties]
  He cuts down trees, he skips and jumps
  He likes to press wild flowers.
  He puts on women's clothing and hangs around in bars.
  
  [Chorus]
  He's a lumberjack and he's OK
  He sleeps all night and he works all day.
  
  I cut down trees, I wear high heels
  Suspendies and a bra.
  I wish I'd been a girlie, just like my dear pappa.
  
  [Mounties]
  He cuts down trees, he wears high heels?
  Suspendies...and a bra?
  
  ... He's a lumberjack and he's OK
  He sleeps all night and he works all day.
  
  ... He's/I'm a lumberjack and he's/I'm OK
  He/I sleep all night and he/I work all day. Writer/s: Fred Tomlinson, Michael Edward Palin, Terry Jones
  Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 12

• Rob from Portland, OrMichael Palin is the weatherman that wants to be a lumberjack.
• Claude from Kingston, MaFred: The Rutles were never a Python bit. They were a Beatles parody done by Eric Idle and Neil Innes originally for Idle's post Python show Rutland Weekend Television and then a TV movie called "All You Need Is Cash."
• Zep from Cape May, NjWell, dirk, Nashville, TN, there was a show after Monty Python at the Hollywood Bowl where they would redo sketches and they also had new sketches, I think it was called "The Secret Police Mans Balls"
• Fred from Laurel, MdOn their Flying Circus TV show, the Pyhon gang also did a rather biting send-up of the Beatles, in which they portrayed a (fictional) band called "The Ruttles"
• Dirk from Nashville, Tn"At some live shows..." What are you talking about? Are you suggesting that the Pythons toured and that George Harrison and Tom Hanks toured with them?
• Nathan from Defiance, OhAnd now for something completly different.....
• Claire from Oak Ridge, TnMy math teacher really likes things like The Beatles, Queen, The GooGoo dolls, etc. Sometimes he plays their music or concerts before class as well as Monty Python videos. I love this one, and have asked him to bring it in before. However, that would mean straying away from school-appropriate skits such as "Spam" and "Ministry of Silly Walks!"
• Shell from Riverdale, Ga"George Harrison produced this." Huh? Getting a bit ahead of things, aren't we? Harrison had no official involvement with Python until they needed backing to make "Life Of Brian", when he fronted money and helped form Handmade Films in order to see that the film was made.
• Jonnie from St. Louis, MoMichael Palin and a great crew of "extras" which included Tom Hanks...did this song in the "Concert For George" Special which was a tribute to George Harrison and done in England.
  Also, in interviews done for the show, it is explained that George and the Beatles thought that the humour and psychedelic cartoons and atmosphere of Monty Python was like a re-incarnation of the Beatles. Watch this Special and you will understand the connection.
• Nick from Detroit, MiWasn't this sung by the BBC weatherman?
• Kent from Latrobe, Pa"He puts on women's clothing
  And hangs around in bars?!!!!"
  "I thought you were so manly!!!!!!!!!"
  The first song to mention crossdressing on TV!
• Aj from Lawrenceville, GaA quick thought. When performed on Monty Pythons Flying Circus, the Mounties would look confused and disturbed when the barber starts talking about dressing in womens clothing. Trust me. The response is classic and if you ever find that episode on video, GET IT! You won't regret it!

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