Come all ye trueborn shanty boys
Wherever you may be
Come sit here on the deacon seat
And listen onto me
'Tis of the Jam on Jerry's Rocks
And the hero you should know
The bravest of the shanty boys
Our foreman young Monroe
'Twas on a Sunday mornin'
There daylight did appear
Our logs were piled up mountain high
We could not keep them clear
'Till six of our brave shanty boys
They did agree to go
And break the Jam on Jerry's Rocks
With foreman young Monroe
We had not picked up many a-log
Till Monroе he did say
"This Jam will soon give way boys, I'll see you far away
I'll send you off thе drive me boys, for the jam it soon will go"
Then he picked the key log out of the drive
And off went young Monroe
When the rest of all the shanty boys the bad news came to hear
They gathered at the river and downward they did steer
And then they found to their surprise, and sorrow, grief and woe
All caught and mangled on the beach
Lay the form of young Monroe
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