The Ditch Will Soon Be Done (late 1800's) Tune: Glory Hallelujah!
O, long have we been toiling on the ditch and at the mill, We are working now in earnest, we are working with a will, We are working now united, and the soil we soon will till.
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We've lived on beans and bacon and the waters of the Miguel, That flows so thick and muddy, but a cure for every ill. We'll soon bid adieu to hardtack, and of fruit we'll eat our fill.
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Too long, too long we've parlayed over things of little worth, Too long, too long we've tarried from the scenes of joy and mirth, But soon we'll be united in the happiest homes on earth.
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