Misc Traditional – The Badger Drive (Guitar)

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There is one class of men in this country, that never is mentioned in song

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And now that their trade is advancing, they'll come out on top before long

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They say that our sailors have danger, and likewise our warriors bold

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But there's none know the life of a driver, what he suffers with hardship and cold

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With their pike poles and peavies and bateaus and all

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They're sure to drive out in the spring, that's the time

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With the caulks on their boots as they get on the logs

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And it's hard to get over their time

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Now Bill Dorothey he is the manager, and he's a good man at the trade

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And when he's around seeking drivers, he's like a train going down grade

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But still he is a man that's kindhearted, on his word you can always depend

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And there's never a man that works with him, but likes to go with him again

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With their pike poles and peavies and bateaus and all

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They're sure to drive out in the spring, that's the time

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With the caulks on their boots as they get on the logs

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And it's hard to get over their time

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I tell you today home in London, The Times it is read by each man

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But little they think of the fellows, that drove the wood on Mary Ann

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For paper is made out of pulpwood, and many things more you may know

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And long may our men live to drive it, upon Paymeoch and Tomjoe

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With their pike poles and peavies and bateaus and all

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They're sure to drive out in the spring, that's the time

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With the caulks on their boots as they get on the logs

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And it's hard to get over their time

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The drive it is just below Badger, and everything is working grand

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With a jolly good crew of picked drivers, and Ronald Kelly in command

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For Ronald is boss on the river, and I tell you he's a man that's alive

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He drove the wood off Victoria, now he's out on the main river drive

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With their pike poles and peavies and bateaus and all

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They're sure to drive out in the spring, that's the time

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With the caulks on their boots as they get on the logs

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And it's hard to get over their time

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So now to conclude and to finish, I hope that ye all will agree

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In wishing success to all Badger, and the A.N.D. Company

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And long may they live for to flourish, and continue to chop, drive and roll

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And long may the business be managed, by Mr. Dorothey and Mr. Cole

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With their pike poles and peavies and bateaus and all

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They're sure to drive out in the spring, that's the time

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With the caulks on their boots as they get on the logs

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And it's hard to get over their time

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With their pike poles and peavies and bateaus and all

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They're sure to drive out in the spring, that's the time

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With the caulks on their boots as they get on the logs

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And it's hard to get over their time