Ratcliffe, King Of Industry

               Ratcliffe, King Of Industry : A ‘’Mine , Mine , Mine’’ Pastiche

(Ratcliffe)
The glory of France
The might of Germany
Will seem like mere trinkets
By this time tomorrow
The coal we find here
Will dwarf them by far
Oh, with all ya got in ya, boys
Dig up The Empire, boys

Mine, boys, mine ev'ry mountain
And dig, boys, dig 'til ya drop
Grab a pick, boys
Quick, boys
Shove in a shovel
Uncover those lovely
Pebbles that burn and chimes
It's coal and it's mine, mine, mine
(Workers)
Dig and dig and dig and diggety ...
Dig and dig and dig and diggety ...
Wiggins
Hey nonny nonny
Ho nonny nonny
(Ratcliffe)
Oh, how I love it!
Riches for Cheap!
(Wiggins)
There'll be heaps of it ...
(Ratcliffe)
And I'll be on top of the heap!

My rivals in business
It's not that I'm bitter
But think how they'll squirm
When they see how I glitter!
The ladies at court
Will be all a-twitter
The queen will reward me
He'll knight me ... no, lord me!

It's mine, mine, mind
For the taking
It's mine, boys
Mine me that coal !
With those shards dug ...

It's glory they'll gimme
My dear friend, Queen Vicky
Will probably build me a shrine
When all of the coal is mine

[Workers]
Dig and dig and dig and diggety
Dig and dig and dig and diggety-dig!
[Smith]
All of my life, I have searched for new lands
Like theses
Wilder, more challenging countrys
I couldn't design
Hundreds of dangers await
And I don't plan to miss one
In lands I can claim
In lands I can tame
The greatest adventure is mine!

[Ratcliffe and Workers together]

[Ratcliffe]
Keep on working, lands
Don't be shirking, lands
Mine, boys, mind
Mine me that coal
Beautiful coal
[Workers]
Mine
Find a mother lode
Then find another load!
Dig! Dig! and diggety
Dig! Dig! for that gold
All
Make this lands
My empire!
[Ratcliffe]
Make the mounds big, boys
I'd help you to dig, boys
But I've got this crick in me spine
[Smith]
This lands we behold ...
[Ratcliffe]
This beauty untold ...
[Smith]
A man can be bold!
It all can be sold!

[Ratcliffe and Workers together]

[Ratcliffe]
And the coal
Is ...
Mine!
Mine!
Mine!
Mine!
[Workers]
So go for the coal
We know which is here
All the riches here
From this minute
This lands and what's in it is
Mine!
[Ratcliffe]
Dig and dig and diggety-dig!
Hey nonny nonny nonny it's mine!