The Treadmill Song (Remastered 2022) Lyrics
The Treadmill Song - Ewan MacColl
Step in young man I know your face
It's nothing in your favor
A little time I'll give to you
Six months unto hard labor
With me hip fol the day with me hip fol the day
With me hip fol the day fol the digee oh
At six o'clock the screw comes with
A bunch of keys all in his hand
Come up my lads step up in tram
Tread the wheel' til breakfast time
With me hip fol the day with me hip fol the day
With me hip fol the day fol the digee oh
And at eight o'clock the skilly comes in
It's sometimes thick and it's sometimes thin
But never long a word will must not say
Or it's bread and water all next day
With me hip fol the day with me hip fol the day
With me hip fol the day fol the digee oh
At half past eight the bell will ring
And to the chapel we must swing
Down on our bended knees must fall
The lord have mercy on us all
With me hip fol the day with me hip fol the day
With me hip fol the day fol the digee oh
And nine o'clock the bell dose ring
All on to the trap boys we must spring
Come pray me lads step beyong time
The wheel's to tread and the corn's to grind
With me hip fol the day with me hip fol the day
With me hip fol the day fol the digee oh
Now Saturday's come I am sorry to say
Sunday is starvation day
Our tream play sand and our gon mugs too
They are not plation they will not do
To me hip fol the day with me hip fol the day
With me hip fol the day fol the digee oh
When six long months are gone and past
I'll return to me bonny lass
I'll leave the turnkeys all behind
The wheel to tread and the corn to grind
With me hip fol the day with me hip fol the day
With me hip fol the dig fol the digee oh