{"id":2853,"date":"2025-07-08T13:38:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T13:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blindskeleton.one\/?p=2853"},"modified":"2025-07-08T13:38:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T13:38:47","slug":"workers-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindskeleton.one\/?p=2853","title":{"rendered":"Worker&#8217;s Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/player.hubhopper.com\/WyJodHRwczovL2ZlZWRzLmh1YmhvcHBlci5jb20vZGU0ZmNlNGU3MWY3YzUwNDFjNWMzMGU5YzQxYzE0ZGUucnNzIix0cnVlLGZhbHNlLHRydWUsMzI5MDg5MjksIiM0RjQ2RTUiLCJkZWZhdWx0IiwiZGVmYXVsdCJd?format=2&amp;lastUpdated=1751905442\" height=\"388px\"><\/iframe>This week on <em data-start=\"83\" data-end=\"103\">Three Tune Tuesday<\/em>, we\u2019re rolling up our sleeves and diving into songs of sweat, steel, and solidarity. From the pounding drills of Irish railroad workers, to the rousing toasts of weary students, to the thunderous celebration at the forge, these tunes remind us that hard work is a universal rhythm. Whether it\u2019s toil for wages or the shared struggles of daily life, today\u2019s set spans borders and centuries\u2014but every song rings with the sounds of labor and perseverance.<\/p>\n<h2>Lyrics<\/h2>\n<h3>Drill, ye Tarriers, Drill<\/h3>\n<p class=\"maps-to-line\">[Verse 1]<br \/>\nEarly in the mornin&#8217; at seven o&#8217;clock<br \/>\nThere are twenty tarriers a-drillin&#8217; at the rock<br \/>\nAnd the boss comes around and he says, &#8220;Keep still<br \/>\nCome down heavy on your cast iron drill<br \/>\nAnd drill, ye tarriers, drill&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"maps-to-line\">[Chorus]<br \/>\nDrill, ye tarriers, drill<br \/>\nWell, you work all day for the sugar in your tay<br \/>\nDown behind the railway<br \/>\nAnd drill, ye tarriers, drill<br \/>\nAnd blast, and fire<\/p>\n<p class=\"maps-to-line\">[Verse 2]<br \/>\nNow, our new foreman was Jim McGann<br \/>\nBy golly, he was a blinkin&#8217; man<br \/>\nLast week a premature blast went off<br \/>\nAnd a mile in the sky went big Jim Goff<br \/>\nAnd drill, ye tarriers, drill<\/p>\n<p class=\"maps-to-line\">[Chorus]<br \/>\nDrill, ye tarriers, drill<br \/>\nWell you work all day for the sugar in your tay<br \/>\nDown behind the railway<br \/>\nAnd drill, ye tarriers, drill<br \/>\nAnd blast, and fire<\/p>\n<p class=\"maps-to-line\">[Verse 3]<br \/>\nNow, when next payday come around<br \/>\nJim Goff a dollar short was found<br \/>\nWhen asked the reason came this reply<br \/>\n&#8220;You were docked for the time you were up in the sky&#8221;<br \/>\nAnd drill, ye tarriers, drill<\/p>\n<p class=\"maps-to-line\">[Chorus]<br \/>\nDrill, ye tarriers, drill<br \/>\nWell, you work all day for the sugar in your tay<br \/>\nDown behind the railway<br \/>\nAnd drill, ye tarriers, drill<br \/>\nAnd blast, and fire<\/p>\n<p class=\"maps-to-line\">[Verse 4]<br \/>\nNow, the boss was a fine man down to the ground<br \/>\nAnd he married a lady six feet &#8217;round<br \/>\nShe baked good bread, and she baked it well<br \/>\nBut she baked it as hard as the holes in &#8230;<br \/>\nWell, drill, ye tarriers, drill<\/p>\n<p class=\"maps-to-line\">[Chorus]<br \/>\nDrill, ye tarriers, drill<br \/>\nWell, you work all day for the sugar in your tay<br \/>\nDown behind the railway<br \/>\nAnd drill, ye tarriers, drill<br \/>\nAnd blast, and fire<br \/>\n[Outro]<br \/>\nAnd drill, ye tarriers, drill<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"gaudeamus-igitur-1917-02-15-recording\" class=\"maps-to-line\">Gaudeamus Igitur<\/h2>\n<p>(<em>Therefore, Let Us Rejoice.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So, let us rejoice<br \/>\nWhile we are young.<br \/>\nAfter a pleasant youth<br \/>\nAfter a troublesome old age<br \/>\nThe earth will have us.<\/p>\n<p>Where are they who, before us,<br \/>\nWere in the world?<br \/>\nGo to the heavens<br \/>\nCross over into hell<br \/>\nWhere they went through already.<\/p>\n<p>Our life is brief<br \/>\nSoon it will end.<br \/>\nDeath comes quickly<br \/>\nSnatches us cruelly<br \/>\nNobody shall it be spared.<\/p>\n<p>Long live the academy!<br \/>\nLong live the professors!<br \/>\nLong live each student;<br \/>\nLong live the whole fraternity;<br \/>\nFor ever may they flourish!<\/p>\n<p>Long live all virgins,<br \/>\nEasy, beautiful!<br \/>\nLong live women too,<br \/>\nTender, lovable,<br \/>\nGood hard-working.<\/p>\n<p>Long live the state as well<br \/>\nAnd he who rules it!<br \/>\nLong live our city,<br \/>\nThe charity of benefactors<br \/>\nWhich protects us here!<\/p>\n<p>May sadness perish!<br \/>\nMay haters perish!<br \/>\nMay the devil perish!<br \/>\nWhoever opposes the fraternities<br \/>\nAnd their mockers, too!<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"anvil-chorus-from-il-trovatore-1914-02-11-recording\" class=\"maps-to-line\">Anvil Chorus<\/h2>\n<h4 id=\"english\" class=\"maps-to-line\">English<\/h4>\n<p class=\"maps-to-line\">See how the clouds melt away from the face of the sky when the sun shines, its brightness beaming; just as a widow, discarding her black robes, shows all her beauty in brilliance gleaming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"maps-to-line\">So, to work now! Lift up your hammers!<\/p>\n<p class=\"maps-to-line\">Who turns the Gypsy&#8217;s day from gloom to brightest sunshine? His lovely Gypsy maid!<\/p>\n<p class=\"maps-to-line\">Men: Fill up the goblets! New strength and courage flow from lusty wine to soul and body.<\/p>\n<p class=\"maps-to-line\">All: See how the rays of the sun play and sparkle and give to our wine gay new splendor. So, to work now!<\/p>\n<p class=\"maps-to-line\">Who turns the Gypsy&#8217;s day from gloom to brightest sunshine? His lovely Gypsy maid!<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"italian\" class=\"maps-to-line\">Italian<\/h4>\n<p class=\"maps-to-line\">Zingari e zingare: Vedi! Le fosche notturne spoglie De&#8217; cieli sveste l&#8217;immensa volta; Sembra una vedova che alfin si toglie i bruni panni ond&#8217;era involta.<\/p>\n<p class=\"maps-to-line\">All&#8217;opra! all&#8217;opra! D\u00e0gli, martella.<\/p>\n<p class=\"maps-to-line\">Chi del gitano i giorni abbella? La zingarella!<\/p>\n<p class=\"maps-to-line\">Uomini: Versami un tratto; lena e coraggio Il corpo e l&#8217;anima traggon dal bere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"maps-to-line\">Tutti: Oh guarda, guarda! del sole un raggio Brilla pi\u00f9 vivido nel mio [tuo] bicchiere! All&#8217;opra, all&#8217;opra!<\/p>\n<p class=\"maps-to-line\">Chi del gitano i giorni abbella? La zingarella!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week on Three Tune Tuesday, we\u2019re rolling up our sleeves and diving into songs of sweat, steel, and solidarity. From the pounding drills of Irish railroad workers, to the rousing toasts of weary students, to the thunderous celebration at the forge, these tunes remind us that hard work is a universal rhythm. 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