The Best Little Doorboy

The workmen in the Rhondda are wonderful boys
They get to their work without any noise
They say thro' the Rhondda you never will see
A merrier lot than in Tipperaree
Tooraloo, Tooralay
The best little doorboys that's under Jim Grey

Old William, the lampman, and Dan with his horse
And Daniel. the sawyer, is alays so cross
They say etc.

Two girls from Treorchy pull out a full tram
They've holes in their stckings, they don't care a damn
They say etc.

O talk about hauling - its nothing but fun
To do her on the level as well as the run
To hook her and sprag her and holler "Gee-way"
I'm the best little doorboy that's under Jim Gray



FROM .. THE SHUTTLE AND THE CAGE
       Industrial Folk-Ballads
       EDITED BY EWAN MacCOLL
Contributed by Alan Lomax from the singing of Jack Randall