The Tarriers Song

Frankie Laine

Every morning at seven o clock

There were twenty tarriers a workin at the rock

The boss comes along and he says keep still

And come down heavy on the cast iron drill

And drill ye tarriers drill

Drill ye tarriers drill

It's work all day for sugar in your tea

Down behind the railway

So drill ye tarriers drill



A tarriers nothin but a hard workin man

Who gets in his livin while he can

There wouldn't be a rail road acomin through

If there weren't real men on the rock blastin crew

Drill ye tarriers drill

Drill ye tarriers drill

It's work all day for sugar in your tea

Down behind the railway drill ye tarriers drill



A tarriers gal has gotta be tough

Cos tnt is the darndest stuff

So take my advice girls learn not to cry

When your rock blastin man's blowin a mile in the sky

Drill ye tarriers drill

Drill ye tarriers drill

It's work all day for sugar in your tea

Down behind the railway

Drill ye tarriers drill



A tarriers life ain't long

To live it full a mans gotta be strong

The things he needs when his work is through

Is his woman a beer and some muligan stew

Drill ye tarriers drill

Drill ye tarriers drill

It's work all day for sugar in your tea

Down behind the railway

So drill ye tarriers drill

Can he blast and fire

Can he last and fire

And drill ye tarriers drill