The Brothers Four - The Driller's Song Lyrics

Lyrics The Driller's Song - The Brothers Four



Early one morning 'bout' 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 and drill
And drill ye terriers, drill.
Drill ye terriers drill!
For it's work all day for the sugar in yer tea,
Down behind the railway,
And drill ye terriers, drill,
And blast, and fire.
The new foreman was John McAnn
By 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 your tea,
Down behind the railway
And drill ye terriers, drill,
And blast, and fire.
When the next months payday came around
Dan Goff a dollar short was found,
He asked what for came, this reply
"You was stocked 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 tea,
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 tea,
Down behind the railway,
And drill ye terriers drill,
And blast, and fire.
And blast!



Writer(s): Homer Sunitch


The Brothers Four - The Collection 1960-1962
Album The Collection 1960-1962
date of release
29-09-2013

1 Zulu Warrior
2 Sama Kama Whacky Brown
3 The Damsel's Lament (I Never Will Marry)
4 Yellow Bird
5 Angelique-O
6 Superman
7 East Virginia
8 Green Fields
9 Darlin', Won't You Wait
10 Eddystone Light
11 Banua
12 Hard Travelin'
13 Nine Pound Hammer
14 My Tani
15 Beneath the Willow
16 The Gallant Argosy
17 The Proposal
18 Hey Liley Liley Lo
19 Ellie Lou
20 The Fox
21 Marianne
22 Blue Water line
23 Follow the Drinkin' Gourd
24 Sally Don't You Grieve
25 I Am a Roving Gambler
26 Well, Well, Well
27 Sweet Rosyanne
28 St. James Infirmary
29 Riders In the Sky
30 When the Sun Goes Down
31 The Green Leaves Of Summer
32 A Pretty Girl Is Like a Little Bird
33 My Little John Henry (Got a Mighty Know)
34 Beautiful Brown Eyes
35 The Old Settler's Song
36 With You Fair Maid
37 Low Bridge
38 Hey Hey My Honey
39 The Lilies Grow High
40 The Ballad of Sam Hall
41 Variation on an Old English Theme
42 Abilene
43 Frogg
44 Pastures of Plenty
45 Times
46 Betty and Dupree
47 Island Women
48 This Is Your Land
49 Rock Island Line
50 Goodnight, Irene
51 The Tavern Song
52 Lady Greensleeves
53 The Driller's Song
54 Nobody Knows
55 Viva la compagnie
56 Ole Smokey
57 Tarrytown
58 Come for to Carry Me Home
59 Summer Days Alone
60 Frogg # 2
61 The Midnight Special (Live)
62 Darlin' Sportin' Jenny (Live)
63 Whoa, Back, Buck (Live)
64 The Thinking Man, John Henry (Live)
65 Across the Sea (Live)
66 Variation on an Old English Theme (Live)
67 I Am a Roving Gambler (Live)
68 Run, Come, See Jerusalem (Live)
69 First Battalion (Live)
70 Summertime (Live)
71 Greenfields (Live)
72 Rock Island Line (Live)




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