Blue Mountain Lake

Rainbow Quest

You can sing 'long this one, too. It has an old Irish-type chorus: Derry down, down, down, derry down. Try it again! Derry down, down, down, derry down. Come all, you bold fellers and listen to me! Sit down a while, I'll tell you of a spree! The truth I'll tell you without a mistake Of the rackets, we had about Blue Mountain Lake. Derry down, down, down, derry down! (2x) There's the Sullivan brothers and ol' Jimmy Lou, Big Mose Gilbert and Dandy Pat, too. As fine lot o' fellers, as ever you seen And we all worked for Griffin on Township 19. Derry down, down, down, derry down! (2x) Bill Mitchell, you know, he kept our shantee And as mean a damn man, as you ever did see. He'd lay 'round the shanty from mornin' till night An' if a man said a word, he was ready to fight. Derry down, down, down, derry down! (2x) One mornin' 'fore daylight Jim Lou, he got mad. Knocked hell outta Mitchell and the boys was all glad. His wife, she just stood there and the truth I will tell: She was tickled to death to see Mitchell catch hell. Derry down, down, down, derry down! (2x) Old Griffith, he stood there, the crabby old drake. A hand in the rackets, we thought, he would take. When a couple o' the boys come and took him away, "By Christ," says old Griffin, "I've nothin' to say." Derry down, down, down, derry down! (2x) Well, you can talk of your fashions and styles to be seen, But there's none like Nellie, the cook of 19. She's short, thick and stout without a mistake And we all call her Nellie, the belle of Long Lake. Derry down, down, down, derry down! (2x) Well, my story's about over, adieu to ya all! Christmas is comin' and I'm a-goin' to Glens Fall. When I get there, I will go on a spree, 'cause when I get drunk, boy, the devil's in me! Derry down, down, down derry down! (2x) It's an old, old Irish tune and I guess, these lumberjacks had a wild party and decided, they'd make up a song about what happened...