Drill Ye Tarriers, Drill chords by The Weavers
Verse 1
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Now,
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every morning at seven o 'clock,
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there's twenty terriers a
-workin' on the rock.
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The boss comes along and he says,
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Cape still,
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and come down heavy on the cast -iron drill.
Am
A brilliant tarrier's drill,
and brilliant tarrier's drill
For it's work all day
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Am
for the sugar in your tay
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Down behind the railway,
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and brilliant tarrier's drill
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And blast, and fire
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Now the boss was a good man
down to the ground
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And he married a lady six foot round
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She baked good bread
and she baked it well
E
But she baked it hard as the holes in hell
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And really, Terry, it's drill
For it's work all day,
for the sugaring you take
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Down behind the railway
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And really, Terry, it's drill
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And blast, and fire
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Well, now, our new foreman
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was Gene McCann
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By God, he was a blaming man
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Last week a premature blast went off
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And a mile in the air went big Jim Goff
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And drill, ye terrious drill
And drill, ye terrious drill
For it's work all day
for the sugar in your tay
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Down behind the railway
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And drill, ye terrious drill
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And blast and fire
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Well, the next time
payday came around,
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Jim Goff a dollar short was found.
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When asked what for came this reply,
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You was docked for the time
you was up in the sky.
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Andriy Taryas drill,
Andriy Taryas drill,
For it's work all day,
full of sugar in your chain,
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Down behind the railway,
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Andriy Taryas drill.
And blast, and fire! now.
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