The Blackfly Song (Wade Hemsworth) 'Twas early in the spring when I decide to go, For to work up in the woods in North Ontario; And the unemployment office said they'd see me through To the Little Abitibi with the survey crew. cho: And the black flies, the little black flies Always the black fly no matter where you go I'll die with the black fly a-pickin' on my bones In North Ontario, io, in North Ontario. ... Little Ab, Little Ab, what shall I do? ...