The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #35974 Message #3133644
Posted By: GUEST,Jack Hammer
12-Apr-11 - 08:36 AM
Thread Name: Come All Ye Gallant Drivers/Drivers' Song-MacColl
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Come All Ye Gallant Drivers (Ewan MacColl
Just stumbled on this thread and thought I'd chip in, even if it is an old one. The words as I remember them are pretty close to Dave's version:
Come all you gallant drivers, wherever you may be, Whether you drive a Euclid or a fifty-four RB, Keep your hands upon the levers, cut and fill a steady load; Now you're goin' nice and steady boy, a-ploughing of the road.
We have dug a hundred airfields through the snow and wind and rain, Built atomic power staions, more dams than I can name. We have cut through rock and swampland, moved mountains by the load; Now you're goin' nice and steady boy, a-ploughing of the road.
And when your digging days are over and you've loaded your last ton, When your Cat is broken up for scrap and your RB-ten won't run, When you've had your last stamp on your card, and you've reached your last abode, For a long time after there'll be people travellin' on your road.