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In eighteen-eighty down a dusty road, along came a
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miner with a big fat load.
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He was caked in dirt from his head to his foot, his
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hair so black, that it looked like soot.
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Well, he reined in his mule and hitched him to the rail,
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and he said, Old fella it's the end of the trail.
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Well, he ambled on down to the old saloon, he said, I
know it's early and it ain't quite noon.
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But, hey, hey, everybody drink on me.
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Have a drink, have a drink, have a drink on me.
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Everybody have a drink on me.
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Hey, hey, everybody drink on me.
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Have a drink, have a drink, have a drink on me.
Gbm
Everybody have a drink on me.
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Hey, hey, everybody drink on me.
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Well, I just got a letter from down in Tennessee..
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it said my Uncle died and left an oil-well to me.
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Hey, hey, everybody 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, everybody drink on me.
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Have a drink, have a drink, have a drink on me.
Gbm
Everybody have a drink on me.
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Hey, hey, everybody drink on me.
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Have a drink, have a drink, have a drink on me.
Gbm
Everybody have a drink on me.
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Hey, hey, everybody drink on me.
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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, everybody 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 writin' Adam Faith?s songs.
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Hey, hey, everybody drink on me. One more time!
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Have a drink, have a drink, have a drink on me.
Gbm
Everybody have a drink on me.
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Hey, hey, everybody drink on me.
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Have a drink, have a drink, have a drink on me.
Gbm
Everybody have a drink on me.
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Hey, hey, everybody drink on me.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.