Drill, Ye Tarriers!

[Verse 1]
Every morning at seven o'clock
There were twenty tarriers workin' at the rock
The boss comes along and says: "Keep still
And come down heavy with the cast-iron drill!"
Then drill, ye tarriers, drill!

[Chorus]
Drill, ye tarriers, drill!
Oh, it's work all day
For the sugar in your tay
Down behind the railway
Then drill ye tarriers, drill!
And blast
And fire

[Verse 2]
The boss was a fine man down to the ground
He married a lady six feet 'round
She baked good bread and she baked it well
But she baked it hard as the holes of Hell!
Then drill, ye tarriers, drill!

[Chorus]
Drill, ye tarriers, drill!
Oh, it's work all day
For the sugar in your tay
Down behind the railway
Then drill ye tarriers, drill!
And blast
And fire

[Verse 3]
The foreman's name was Tim McCann
By gosh, he was a durn mean man
Last week, a premature blast went off
And a mile in the air went big Jim Goff!
Then drill, ye tarriers, drill!

[Chorus]
Drill, ye tarriers, drill!
Oh, it's work all day
For the sugar in your tay
Down behind the railway
Then drill ye tarriers, drill!
And blast
And fire

[Verse 4]
When next payday came around
Jim Goff, a dollar short was found
When he asked "What for?" – came this reply:
"You're docked for the time you was up in the sky!"
Then drill, ye tarriers, drill!

[Chorus]
Drill, ye tarriers, drill!
Oh, it's work all day
For the sugar in your tay
Down behind the railway
Then drill ye tarriers, drill!
And blast
And fire