Keep the Flame Alive

Plan ahead for winter in an early spring
When the saps still running before the songbirds sing
It's good to gather wood then so when bitter winds arrive
We'll have plenty of fuel enough to keep the flame alive

Keep the flame alive
Keep the flame alive
Together we will tend the fire
Keep the flame alive

With a sledgehammer and a wedge a splitting axe and maul
We'll have all the logs we need cut and stacked the fall
But careful choose the wood to use before you swing a stroke
The elm you skip is the devil to split use maple ash and oak

Keep the flame alive
Keep the flame alive
Together we will tend the fire
Keep the flame alive

When the bully winds of winter are blowing all around
Some will watch and shiver some will flee to town
It's wise to get prepared now if we are to survive
Chop the wood build a fire keep the flame alive

Keep the flame alive
Keep the flame alive
Together we will tend the fire
Keep the flame alive

In the cruelest season should the wood run low
Buried in the ashes coals are still aglow
If we tend the embers the fire will revive
Keep the coals toss in sticks keep the flame alive

Keep the flame alive
Keep the flame alive
Together we will tend the fire
Keep the flame alive

Keep the flame alive
Keep the flame alive
Together we will tend the fire
Keep the flame alive