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T:Drill ye Tarriers, Drill
C:Charles Connolly
C:Thomas Casey
Z:Webmaster
M:4/4
L:1/8
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P:verse
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w:Ev-ery mor-ning at sev-en o clock there were twen-ty ta-rri-ers drill-ing at the rock. The boss
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w:comes a-long and he says keep still and come down hea-vy on the cast ir-on drill And
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w:drill, ye ta-rri-ers, drill Drill, ye ta-rri-ers, drill - For it's work all day for sug-ar in you tay
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w:Down be-yond the rail-way And drill, ye ta-rri-ers, drill And blast, and fire
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W:1
W:Every morning about seven o'clock
W:There were twenty tarriers drilling at the rock
W:The boss comes along and he says, "Keep still
W:And bear down heavy on the cast iron drill"
W:
W:  ch
W:  And drill, ye tarriers, drill
W:  Drill, ye tarriers, drill
W:  For it's work all day for the sugar in you tay
W:  Down beyond the railway
W:  And drill, ye tarriers, drill
W:  And blast, and fire
W:
W:2
W:The boss was a fine man down to the ground
W:And he married a lady six feet 'round
W:She baked good bread and she baked it well
W:But she baked it as hard as the holes in Hell
W:
W:3
W:The foreman's name was John McCann
W:By God, he was a blamed mean man
W:Last week a premature blast went off
W:And a mile in the air went big Jim Goff
W:
W:4
W:And when next payday came around
W:Jim Goff a dollar short was found
W:When asked the reason came this reply
W:"You were docked for the time you were up in the sky"

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