The Driver’s Song
Ewan MacColl * Track #2 On Black and White: The Definitive Collection
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Album Black and White: The Definitive Collection
- #1
The Ballad of AccountingEwan MacColl & Peggy Seeger
- #2The Driver’s Song
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- #3
My Old ManEwan MacColl
- #4Dirty Old Town
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- #5Black And White
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- #6Brother Did You Weep
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- #7The Press Gang (Roud 662)
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- #8
Shoals Of HerringEwan MacColl
- #9Manchester Rambler
Ewan MacColl & Hamish MacColl & Kirsty MacColl & Neill MacColl & Calum MacColl & Peggy Seeger
- #10Sheath and Knife (Roud 3960; Child 16)
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- #11Highland Muster Roll (Roud 9746)
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- #12Cam Ye O’er Frae France (Roud 5814; G/D 1:120)
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- #13
The Maid Gaed tae the Mill (Roud 2575; G/D 7:1436)Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger
- #14The Moving on Song
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- #15Nobody Knew She Was There
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- #16Kilroy Was Here
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- #17The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
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- #18The Foggy Dew (Roud 558; Laws O3; G/D 7:1496)
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- #19Joy Of Living
Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger
The Driver's Song by Ewan MacColl
Performed by
Ewan MacCollAbout
The radio ballads were eight radio programmes put out by the BBC between 1957 and 1964. Ewan conceived the form, wrote the scripts and the songs; Peggy worked with him on these, arranged the music and directed the recording in the studio; Charles Parker produced them. They were masterpieces of cre...
The Driver’s Song Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Come all ye' gallant drivers
Where ever you may be
Whether you drive a euclit or 54-RV
Keep your hands upon the leafers
Cutt and fill a steady load
And take it nice and steady boys
Diggin' up the road
[Verse 2]
We built a hundred airfields
In the snow, and wind, and rain
Built atomic powerstations
More damms than i can name
We've plowed through rock and swampland
Moved mountains by the load
Now we're going nice and steady boys
Diggin' up the road
[Verse 3]
When your diggin' days is over
And you've loaded your last tonne
Whеn your cab's been broken up for scrap
And your RB-10 won't run
When you've had your last stamp on your card
And rеached your last abode
For a long time there'll be people
Travelin' on your road
The Driver’s Song Q&A
Who wrote The Driver’s Song's ?
The Driver’s Song was written by Ewan MacColl.