作曲 : Pete Seeger/Big Bill Broonzy
It was early in the spring, when I decide to go
For the work up in the woods in North Ontario
And the unemployment officer said they'd send me through
To the Little Abitibi with the survey crew
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But the black flies, the little black flies
Always the black fly no matter where you go!
I'll die with the black fly a-picking my bones
In North Ontario-i-o
In North Ontario
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Now the man’d Black Toby was the captain of the crew
And he said "I'm gonna tell you boys what we're gonna do
They want to build a power dam and we must find a way
For to make the Little Ab flow around the other way."
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But the black flies, the little black flies
Always the black fly no matter where you go!
I'll die with the black fly a-picking my bones
In North Ontario-i-o
In North Ontario
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It was black fly,black fly,everywhere
A-crawlin' in your whiskers, a-crawlin' in your hair
A-swimmin' in your soup and a-swimmin' in the tea
Oh the devil take the black fly and let me be
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Black flies,the little black flies
Always the black fly no matter where you go!
I'll die with the black fly a-picking my bones
In North Ontario-i-o
In North Ontario
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Well now the bull cook's name was Blind River Joe
If it hadn't been for him we'd've never pulled throught
For he bound up our bruises and he kidded us for fun
And he lathered us with bacon grease and balsam gum
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But the black flies, the little black flies
Always the black fly no matter where you go!
I'll die with the black fly a-picking my bones
In North Ontario-i-o
In North Ontario
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At last the job was over, Black Toby said "We're through
With the Little Abitibi and the survey crew"
'Twas a wonderful experience and this I know
I'll never go again to North Ontario!
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But the black flies, the little black flies
Always the black fly no matter where you go!
I'll die with the black fly a-picking my bones
In North Ontario-i-o
In North Ontario