John Geiger, CEO of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, stands outside the organization's Ottawa office on Wednesday wearing the newly purchased Monty Python Mountie costume.

Monty Python’s absurdist tribute to Canadian tree fellers – the famed Lumberjack Song – is renowned across the world as a comedic classic.

Even real lumberjacks like to sing the lyrics: “I’m a lumberjack and I’m okay. I sleep all night. And I work all day.”

The sketch was initially aired in the first season of Monty Python’s Flying Circus in 1969, and reprised many times, including during a tour of Canada and the Pythons’ final performances together in 2014.

Now, the costumes they wore at their last shows in London have found a permanent home in Canada after the Royal Canadian Geographical Society success

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