Choppin' Wood

You wired the trains and went back home to St. Claire Shores

'Fore you became a spark down at the yard

You were passin' through those hungry years alone

Just tryin' to make a livin' out in Detroit

Came back off the boats, you didn't wanna go nowhere

Sit down to TV in your favorite chair

Watch the big picture fade down at Harland and Wolff

But you still kept on choppin' wood

Came back home to Belfast

You could be with us like

You were workin' hard overtime at the yard

Mornin', noon, and night

Spark was there and you really did care

Did the best you could

Sent for us one time everything fell through

Had to keep on choppin' wood, chop, chop, chop

Came back home to Belfast

You could be with us like

You were workin' hard overtime at the yard

Mornin', noon, and night

Spark was there and you really did care

Kept on diggin' that jazz

Bechet, Armstrong, Jelly Roll

And all that Dixieland

Choppin' wood

Everything got hard

Workin' down at the yard

Down at Harland and Wolff

Had to keep on choppin' wood

Down at Harland and Wolff

Down at Harland and Wolff