
Date of issue: 31.12.1976
Record label: Chrysalis
Song language: English
Treadmill Song |
Step in young man, I know your face |
It’s nothing in your favor |
A little time I’ll give to you |
Six months unto hard labor |
With me hip, fol the day, me hip, fol the day |
Me hip, fol the day, fol the digee, oh |
At six o’clock the screw comes in |
A bunch of keys all in his hand |
Step up my lads, step up in time |
And tread the wheel 'til breakfast time |
With me hip, fol the day, me hip, fol the day |
Me hip, fol the day, fol the digee, oh |
And at eight o’clock the skilly comes in |
It’s sometimes thick and it’s sometimes thin |
And never a word dare we all say |
Or it’s bread and water all next day |
With me hip, fol the day, me hip, fol the day |
Me hip, fol the day, fol the digee, oh |
At half past eight the bell do ring |
And off to the chapel boys we must swing |
Down on our bended knees we fall |
The Lord have mercy on us all |
With me hip, fol the day, me hip, fol the day |
Me hip, fol the day, fol the digee, oh |
And at nine o’clock the jangle ring |
And all on the trap boys we must spring |
Step up my lads, step up in time |
The wheel’s to tread and the corn’s to grind |
With me hip, fol the day, me hip, fol the day |
Me hip, fol the day, fol the digee, oh |
Now Saturday’s come I am sorry to say |
For Sunday is starvation day |
Our hob-nail boots and our tin mugs too |
They are not shined and they will not do |
With me hip, fol the day, me hip, fol the day |
Me hip, fol the day, fol the digee, oh |
When six long months are gone and past |
Then I’ll return to my bonny, bonny lass |
I’ll leave the turnkeys all behind |
The wheel to tread and the corn to grind |
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