logs to burn
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I've got these two, but there's many more versions.
Logs to Burn
Logs to Burn
cho: Logs to burn, logs to burn,
Logs to save the coal a turn,
Here's a word to make you wise,
When you hear the woodsman cry.
Beechwood fires burn bright and clear, Hornbeam blazes too,
If the logs are kept a year, to season through and through.
Oaken logs will warm you well, if they're old and dry,
Larch logs of pinewood smell but the sparks will fly.
Pine is good and so is Yew for warmth through wintry days,
The Poplar and the Willow too, they take too long to blaze.
Birch logs will burn too fast, Alder scarce at all,
Chestnut logs are good to last, cut them in the fall.
Holly logs will burn like wax, you should burn them green,
Elm logs like smouldering flax, no flames with them are seen.
Pear logs and Apple logs, they will scent your room,
Cherry logs, across the dogs, they smell like flowers in bloom.
Ash logs, so smooth and gray, burn them green or old,
Buy up all that come your way they're worth their weight in gold.
Logs to Burn
Beech-wood fires burn bright and clear,
If the logs are kept a year:
Store your Beech for Christmastide,
With new cut Holly laid beside.
Chestnut's only good, they say,
If for years 'tis stored away;
Birch and Fir-wood burn too fast,
Blaze too bright and do not last;
Flames from Larch will shoot up high,
Dangerously the sparks will fly.
But Ash-wood green and Ash-wood brown
Are fit for a Queen with golden crown.
Oaken logs, if dry and old,
Keep away the winters cold,
Poplar gives a bitter smoke,
Fills your eyes and makes you choke;
Elm-wood burns like churchyard mould,
E'en the very flames are cold.
Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread -
So it is in Ireland said;
Apple-wood will scent the room,
Pear-wood smells like flowers in bloom,
But Ash-wood wet and Ash-wood dry
A King may warm his slippers by.
Logs to Burn
Logs to Burn
cho: Logs to burn, logs to burn,
Logs to save the coal a turn,
Here's a word to make you wise,
When you hear the woodsman cry.
Beechwood fires burn bright and clear, Hornbeam blazes too,
If the logs are kept a year, to season through and through.
Oaken logs will warm you well, if they're old and dry,
Larch logs of pinewood smell but the sparks will fly.
Pine is good and so is Yew for warmth through wintry days,
The Poplar and the Willow too, they take too long to blaze.
Birch logs will burn too fast, Alder scarce at all,
Chestnut logs are good to last, cut them in the fall.
Holly logs will burn like wax, you should burn them green,
Elm logs like smouldering flax, no flames with them are seen.
Pear logs and Apple logs, they will scent your room,
Cherry logs, across the dogs, they smell like flowers in bloom.
Ash logs, so smooth and gray, burn them green or old,
Buy up all that come your way they're worth their weight in gold.
Logs to Burn
Beech-wood fires burn bright and clear,
If the logs are kept a year:
Store your Beech for Christmastide,
With new cut Holly laid beside.
Chestnut's only good, they say,
If for years 'tis stored away;
Birch and Fir-wood burn too fast,
Blaze too bright and do not last;
Flames from Larch will shoot up high,
Dangerously the sparks will fly.
But Ash-wood green and Ash-wood brown
Are fit for a Queen with golden crown.
Oaken logs, if dry and old,
Keep away the winters cold,
Poplar gives a bitter smoke,
Fills your eyes and makes you choke;
Elm-wood burns like churchyard mould,
E'en the very flames are cold.
Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread -
So it is in Ireland said;
Apple-wood will scent the room,
Pear-wood smells like flowers in bloom,
But Ash-wood wet and Ash-wood dry
A King may warm his slippers by.
Hi Jason, There's a slight variation on one here: http://www.the-tree.org.uk/TreeCultivation&Uses/Firewood/firewood.htm
There is another completly different poem/rhyme, but i'm struggling to find/remember it.....I'll keep lookin'.
There is another completly different poem/rhyme, but i'm struggling to find/remember it.....I'll keep lookin'.
