Lonnie Donnegan - Have A Drink On Me lyrics

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<b>Have A Drink On Me</b> by <i>Lonnie Donnegan</i><br />

In eighteen-eighty down a dusty road

Along came a miner with a big fat load

Hey, hey, ev'rybody drink on me

He was caked in dirt from his head to his foot

His hair so black, that it looked like soot

Well, he reined in his mule and hitched him to the rail

And he said "Ol' fella it's the end of the trail"

Hey, hey, everybody drink on me

Well, he ambled on down to the old saloon

He said "I know it's early and it ain't quite noon"

But, hey, hey, ev'rybody drink on me

Everybody,

Have a drink, have a drink, have a drink on me

Ev'rybody have a drink on me

Hey, hey, ev'rybody drink on me

Have a drink, have a drink, have a drink on me

Ev'rybody have a drink on me

Hey, hey, ev'rybody drink on me

Well, I just got a letter from down in Tennessee

It said my Uncle died and left an oil well to me

Hey, hey, ev'rybody drink on me

I've been diggin' all my life and I nearly got to hell

But my Uncle dug potatoes and he struck an oil well

Hey, hey, ev'rybody drink on me

Have a drink, have a drink, have a drink on me

Ev'rybody have a drink on me

Hey, hey, ev'rybody drink on me

Have a drink, have a drink, have a drink on me

Ev'rybody have a drink on me

Hey, hey, ev'rybody drink on me

[Spoken] Brother Leslie now

Instrumental and Guitar solo

Well Black gold Yelow Gold

I Guess it's all the same

Take my tip and give up the mining game

Hey, hey, ev'rybody drink on me

Well sell your shovel and your old long johns

You can make a fortune writing Adam Faith songs

Hey, hey, ev'rybody drink on me

One more time

Have a drink, have a drink, have a drink on me

Ev'rybody have a drink on me

Hey, hey, ev'rybody drink on me

Oh well have a drink, have a drink, have a drink on me

Ev'rybody have a drink on me

Hey, hey, ev'rybody drink on me