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T:The Badger Drive
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w:There is one class of men in this coun-try_ that nev-er is men-tioned in song._ And 
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w:now, since their trade is ad-vanc-ing,_ they'll come out on top be-fore long._ They 
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w:say that our sail-ors have dan-ger,_ and like-wise our war-ri-ors bold,_ But there's 
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w:none know the life of a dri-ver,_ what he suf-fers with hard-ship and cold._ 
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w:Chorus:With their pike poles and pea-vies and ba-teaus and all They're_
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w:sure to drive out in the spring, that's the time With the
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w:caulks on their boots as they get on the logs, And it's 
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w:hard to get ov-er their time._
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W:The Badger Drive
W:There is one class of men in this country
W:that never is mentioned in song.
W:And now, since their trade is advancing,
W:they'll come out on top before long.
W:They say that our sailors have danger,
W:and likewise our warriors bold,
W:But there's none know the life of a driver,
W:what he suffers with hardship and cold.
W:
W:Chorus: With their pike poles and peavies and bateaus and all
W:They're sure to drive out in the spring, that's the time
W:With the caulks on their boots as they get on the logs,
W:And it's hard to get over their time.
W:
W:Bill Dorothey he is the manager,
W:and he's a good man at the trade;
W:And when he's around seeking drivers,
W:he's like a train going down grade,
W:But still he is a man that's kindhearted,
W:on his word you can always depend.
W:And there's never a man that works with him
W:but likes to go with him again.
W:
W:I tell you today home in London,
W:The Times it is read by each man,
W:But little they think of the fellows
W:that drove the wood on Mary Ann,
W:For paper is made out of pulpwood
W:and many things more you may know,
W:And long may our men live to drive it
W:upon Paymeoch and Tomjoe.
W:
W:The drive it is just below Badger,
W:and everything is working grand,
W:With a jolly good crew of picked drivers
W:and Ronald Kelly in command,
W:For Ronald is boss on the river,
W:and I tell you he's a man that's alive,
W:He drove the wood off Victoria,
W:now he's out on the main river drive.
W:
W:So now to conclude and to finish,
W:I hope that ye all will agree
W:In wishing success to all Badger
W:and the A.N.D. Company.
W:And long may they live for to flourish,
W:and continue to chop, drive and roll,
W:And long may the business be managed
W:by Mr. Dorothey and Mr. Cole.