WHEN THE BREAKER STARTS UP ON FULL TIME

Me troubles are o'er, Missis Murphy
For the Ditchman next door told me straight,
That the breaker starts full time on Monday,
That's what he told me at any rate.
Sure the boss he told Mickey this morning,
When he's 'bout to enter the mines,
That the coal was quite scarce (down) 'bout New York,
And the breaker would start on full time.

CH:
And it's oh-ho-ho, my, if the news be true,
Me store bill's the first thing I'll pay,
A new parlor shuit and a lounge I will buy,
And an organ for Bridgie, hurray!
Me calico skirt I'll throw into the dirt
And in silk ones won't I cut a shine?
Cheer up, Missis Murphy, we all will ate turkey,
When the breaker starts up on full time.

I'll ne'er stick a hand in the washtub,
The Chinee man he'll get me trade,
I'll ne'er pick a coal on the dirt bank,
I'll buy everything ready made.
I'll dress up me children like fairies,
I'll build up a house neat and fine,
And we'll move away from the Hungaries
When the breaker starts up on full time.

CH:

source: "Pennsylvania Songs & Legends" by George Korson, 1949, Univ. Pennsylvania Press.

rich r

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