Come all ye true-born 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 morning there daylight did appear
Our logs were piled up mountain high, we could not keep them clear
''Til 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 'til Monro? he did say
"This Jam will soon give way boys, I'll see you far away
I'll send you off the 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 there they found to their surprise, and sorrow, grief and woe
All caught and mangled on the beach lay the form of young Monroe