
'Twas early in the spring when I decide to go For to work up in the woods in North Ontar-io; And the unemployment office said they'd send me through To the Little Abitibi with the survey crew And the black flies, the little black flies, Always the black fly no matter where you go; I'll die with the black fly a-pickin' my bones, In North Ontar-ioio, in North Ontar-io. And the man Black Tobey was the captain of the crew And he said, I'm gonna tell you boys, what we're gonna do: They want to build a power dam; we must find a way For to make the Little Ab flow around the other way With the black flies, the little black flies, Always the black fly no matter where you go; I'll die with the black fly a-pickin' my bones, In North Ontar-ioio, in North Ontar-io. So we survey to the east, survey to the west, Couldn't make our minds up how to do it best; Little Ab, Little Ab, what shall I do? I'm all but goin' crazy with the survey crew And the black flies, the little black flies, Always the black fly no matter where you go; I'll die with the black fly a-pickin' my bones, In North Ontar-ioio, in North Ontar-io. It was blackfly, blackfly, everywhere, A-crawlin' in your whiskers, crawlin' in your hair; Swimmin' in the soup, swimmin' in the tea, And the devil take the blackfly, let me be. Black flies, the little black flies, Always the black fly no matter where you go; I'll die with the black fly a-pickin' my bones, In North Ontar-ioio, in North Ontar-io. Black Tobey fell to swearin <b>...</b>
Christopher
Hinton
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