The Firewood Poems

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The Firewood Poem

Beechwood fires are bright and clear
If the logs are kept a year,
Chestnut’s only good they say,
If for logs ’tis laid away.
Make a fire of Elder tree,
Death within your house will be;
But ash new or ash old,
Is fit for a queen with crown of gold

Birch and fir logs burn too fast
Blaze up bright and do not last,
it is by the Irish said
Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread.
Elm wood burns like churchyard mould,
E’en the very flames are cold
But ash green or ash brown
Is fit for a queen with golden crown

Poplar gives a bitter smoke,
Fills your eyes and makes you choke,
Apple wood will scent your room
Pear wood smells like flowers in bloom
Oaken logs, if dry and old
keep away the winter’s cold
But ash wet or ash dry
a king shall warm his slippers by.

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http://www.thelyricarchive.com/song/880476-119188/Logs-to-Burn

Logs to Burn lyrics

chorus:

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 logs burn bright and clear, Hornbeam blazes too,
If the logs are kept a year, to season through and through.

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Pine is good and so is Yew for warmth through wintry days,
The Poplar and the Willow too, they take too long to blaze.

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Oaken logs will warm you well, if they’re old and dry,
Larch logs of pinewood smell but the sparks will fly.

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Birch logs will burn too fast, Alder scarce at all,
Chestnut logs are good to last, cut them in the fall.

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Holly logs will burn like wax, you should burn them green,
Elm logs like smouldering flax, no flames with them are seen.

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Pear logs and Apple logs, they will scent your room,
Cherry logs, across the dogs, they smell like flowers in bloom.

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Ash logs, are smooth and gray, burn them green or old,
Buy up all that come your way they’re worth their weight in gold.