Tonalité : Bb major•
Verse 1
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These lusty lyrics are meant to be sort of a tongue -in -cheek
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song poking fun at the coal mine operator.
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As workers will do in any trade,
the coal miner with a sense of humor
looks on the operator as
the only one
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who could possibly cause him to
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roll his own cigarettes from sack to backer
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instead of having the money
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to buy a pack of ready
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-made cigarettes.
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So he cheerfully criticizes flickers,
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or script as some people say,
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issued against his company store credit.
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And in fun feels secure
that the operator
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can't never take his debts away from him no matter what. So he invites the rollicking,
rowdy rounders
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to bring along their favorite beverage
and drink a hearty toast
to the man who operates
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the mine.
Oh, bring along your homebrew,
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boys, bring along your wine
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We'll all get drunk in honor
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of the man who operates the mines
Well, here's to the operator,
boys,
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may heaven be his home
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He took our tailor -made cigarettes
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and he made us rule our
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own
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On the silver money of the government
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It says in God we trust
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On the flickers we draw
at the company stores
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Wrote in me you bust
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Well here's to the operator boys
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May heaven be his home
He took our tailor -made cigarettes
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And he made us roll our own
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I never did like them homemade
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cigarettes
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He owns the scales
where the coal is weighed
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He owns our house and home
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But here's one thing he'll never get
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Our debts are all our own
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Well, here's to the operator, boys
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May heaven be his home
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He took our tailor -made cigarettes
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And he made us roll our own
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Well, a salmon grows on
a salmon tree,
the melon on the vines,
And a miner's kid grows on the credit,
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her paw gets at the mines.
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Well, here's to the operator,
boys,
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may heaven be his home,
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He took our tailor -made cigarettes
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and he made us roll our own.
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Hey, here's to the operator, boys,
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may heaven be his home,
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He took our tailor -made ci garettes
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and he made us roll our own.
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