Have a Drink on Me
Lonnie Donegan.
In eighteen-eighty down a dusty roadAlong came a miner with a big fat loadHey, hey, ev'rybody drink on meHe was caked in dirt from his head to his footHis hair so black, that it looked like sootHey, hey, ev'rybody drink on me
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Well, he reined in his mule and hitched him to the railAnd he said "Ol' fella it's the end of the trail"Hey, hey, everybody drink on meWell, he ambled on down to the old saloonHe said "I know it's early and it ain't quite noon"But, hey, hey, ev'rybody drink on me
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Well, I just got a letter from down in TennesseeIt said my Uncle died and left an oil well to meHey, hey, ev'rybody drink on meI've been diggin' all my life and I nearly got to hellBut my Uncle dug potatoes and he struck an oil wellHey, hey, ev'rybody drink on me
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