Lyrics

(Dig and dig and dig and diggety) (Dig and dig and dig and diggety) The gold of Cortes The jewels of Pizarro Will seem like mere trinkets By this time tomorrow The gold we find here Will dwarf them by far Oh, with all ya got in ya, boys Dig up Virginia, 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 sparkle and shine It's gold and it's mine, mine, mine (Dig and dig and dig and diggety) (Dig and dig and dig and diggety) (Hey nonny nonny Hey nonny nonny) Oh, how I love it! (Hey nonny nonny Hey nonny nonny) Riches for cheap! (Hey nonny nonny Hеy nonny nonny) There'll be hеaps of it And I'll be on top of the heap My rivals back home 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 king will reward me He'll knight me—no, lord me It's mine, mine, mine For the taking It's mine, boys Mine me that gold With those nuggets, dug, it's Glory they'll gimme My dear friend, King Jimmy Will probably build me a shrine When all of the gold is mine All of my life, I have searched for a land Like this one A wilder, more challenging country I couldn't design Hundreds of dangers await And I don't plan to miss one In a land I can claim A land I can tame The greatest adventure is mine Keep on working, lads Don't be shirking, lads (Mine) Mine, boys, mine Mine me that Gold (Dig, dig and diggety) Beautiful gold (Dig, dig for that gold) Make this island my land Make the mounds big, boys I'd help you to dig, boys But I've got this crick in me spine This land we behold This beauty untold A man can be bold It all can be sold The gold All of the gold Is MINE! In sixteen hundred seven We sail the open sea For glory, God, and gold And The Virginia Company For the New World is like heaven And we'll all be rich and free Or so we have been told By The Virginia Company Or so we have been told By The Virginia Company (As we peer into society's future, we – you and I, and our government – must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering for our own ease and convenience the precious resources of tomorrow.)