Have a drink on me
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1. In 1880 down a dusty road,
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along came a miner with a big
fat load.
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He was caked in dirt from his
head to his foot,
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his hair so black, that it look like soot.
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2. Well, he reined in his mule and hitched him to the rail,
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and he said, “Oh fella, it's the end of the trail.”
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Well, he ambled down to the
old saloon,
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he said, “I know a filly and
it ain't quite noon,
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but hey, hey, ev'rybody drink on me ! Everybody !
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Have a drink, have a drink, have a drink on me,
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ev'rybody
have a drink on me !
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Hey, hey, ev'rybody
drink on me !
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Have a drink, have a drink, have a drink on me
Em
ev'rybody
have a drink on me
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Hey, hey ev'rybody
drink on me.
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2. Well, I just got a letter from down in
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it said my uncle died and left
an oil well to me.
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Hey, hey, ev'rybody
drink on me !
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I've been diggin'
all my life and I nearly got to hell,
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but my uncle dug potatoes and
he struck an oil well.
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Hey, hey, ev'rybody
drink on me !
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Have a drink, have a drink, have a drink on me,
Em
ev'rybody
have a drink on me !
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Hey, hey, ev'rybody
drink on me !
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Have a drink, have a drink, have a drink on me
Em
ev'rybody
have a drink on me
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Hey, hey ev'rybody
drink on me.
3. + instrumental = verse 2
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4. Well, black gold, yellow gold, guess it’s
all the same,
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take my tip and give up the
mining game,
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hey, hey, ev'rybody
drink on me !
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Well, sell your shovel and
your old Long Johns,
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you can make a fortune right
in Adam Faith’s songs,
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hey, hey, ev'rybody
drink on me ! One more time !
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(orig. = capo 2nd; midi=capo 1st) (Lonnie Donnegan)