The Shining Birch Tree

When there's no time, not very much time
 For a man to keep thinkin'
 Of the things that don't pay, the things that don't pay
 Where the rapids are rushing so grand and so free
 In the land of the muskeg and the shining birch tree
 The shining birch tree
 But in the quiet of the evening when the camp settles down
 And the night is cold, so very cold
 And old Rory Bory starts shiftin' around, shiftin' around
 Then he'll think of the warm lips and the laughter so free
 In the land of the muskeg and the shining birch tree
 The shining birch tree
 Come the in-between seasons of the freeze-up or the thaw
 And it's let's go, hey, look out let's go, for we're off for some fun
 With the girls in the town, the girls in the town
 He's a popular guy when his money flows free
 From the land of the muskeg and the shining birch tree
 The shining birch tree
 And when the huskies are a-howlin' in the cold winter's dawn
 Then he'll recall, oh how he'll recall that he spent all his money
 With the girls in the town, the girls in the town
 So, boys, save your money or you'll all be like me
 In the land of the muskeg and the shining birch tree
 The shining birch tree