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Thread #116229 Message #2495244
Posted By: Art Thieme
16-Nov-08 - 01:17 PM
Thread Name: Review: new CD by old friend STEVE CORMIER!
Subject: RE: Review: new CD by old friend STEVE CORMIER!
THIS OLD RIG
I recorded Steve Cormier doing this at the No Exit in Chicago---mid-1970s. The tune is "This Old House" as sung by Rosemmary Clooney.
This old rig once had some roughnecks,
This old rig once had a crew,
Now they've got a bunch of weevils
And they don't know what to do,
Well is it any wonder,
'Cause it's 49 below,
I'm goin' back to Texas
Before I drill one more hole.
CHORUS)
Ain't a gonna need this rig no longer,
Ain't a gonna need this rig no more,
Ain't got time to fix the trawlers,
Ain't got time to wash the floor,
Ain't got time to oil them motors
Or to fix that spinnin' chain,
Ain't a gonna need this rig no longer,
I'm a-gettin' ready to make a change.
Now, I been workin' morning tower
And my car is a total loss,
Evening tower's on location
And the head is twisted off,
So yo yo up the drill stem,
Get it back at any cost,
Ya no sooner get it on the bottom
And the circulation's lost.
My old driller lies there sleepin'
He don't know he's gonna leave,
Sittin' up on the doghouse,
And he's _____ there an' grieve,
But his drilling days are over,
Ain't a-gonna need this rig no more,
His time went in this morning
When the blocks fell through the floor.
(Art Thieme)