The Brothers Four - The Driller's Song video free download

Lyrics: Thomas Casey

Music: Charles Connolly

First Published: 1888

Early one morning, about 7 o'clock,

there were 16 terriers working on the rock.

The boss came along and he said, "Keep still

and bare down harder on the cast iron drill".

And drill, ye terriers, drill!

Drill, ye terriers, drill

for it's work all day for the sugar in yer tay,

down behind the railway.

And drill, ye terriers, drill,

and blast, and fire!

The new foreman was John McCann

my gosh he was a mighty hard man.

One day a premature blast went off

and a mile in the air shot big Dan Goff.

Now drill, ye terriers, drill!

Drill, ye terriers, drill

for it's work all day for the sugar in yer tay,

down behind the railway.

And drill, ye terriers, drill,

and blast, and fire!

When next month's payday came around

Dan Goff a dollar short was found.

He asked, "What for?", came this reply:

"You was docked for the time you was up in the sky".

Now drill, ye terriers, drill!

Drill, ye terriers, drill

for it's work all day for the sugar in yer tay,

down behind the railway.

And drill, ye terriers, drill,

and blast, and fire!

Drill, ye terriers, drill

for it's work all day for the sugar in yer tay,

down behind the railway.

And drill, ye terriers, drill,

and blast, and fire!

And blast!