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[Ratcliffe]
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
[English Settlers]:
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 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 duggets ...

It's glory they'll gimme
My dear friend, King Jimmy
Will probably build me a shrine
When all of the gold is mine

[English Settlers]
Dig and dig and dig and diggety
Dig and dig and dig and diggety-dig!
[Smith]
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!

[Ratcliffe and English Settlers together]

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

[Ratcliffe and English Settlers together]

[Ratcliffe]
And the gold
Is ...
Mine!
Mine!
Mine!
Mine!
[English Settlers]
So go for the gold
We know which is here
All the riches here
From this minute
This land and what's in it is
Mine!
[Ratcliffe]
Dig and dig and diggety-dig!
Hey nonny nonny nonny it's mine!
[Ratcliffe]   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   [English Settlers]:   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 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 duggets ...      It's glory they'll gimme   My dear friend, King Jimmy   Will probably build me a shrine   When all of the gold is mine      [English Settlers]   Dig and dig and dig and diggety   Dig and dig and dig and diggety-dig!   [Smith]   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!      [Ratcliffe and English Settlers together]      [Ratcliffe]   Keep on working, lands   Don't be shirking, lands   Mine, boys, mind   Mine me that gold   Beautiful gold   [English Settlers]   Mine   Find a mother lode   Then find another load!   Dig! Dig! and diggety   Dig! Dig! for that gold   All   Make this island   My land!   [Ratcliffe]   Make the mounds big, boys   I'd help you to dig, boys   But I've got this crick in me spine   [Smith]   This land we behold ...   [Ratcliffe]   This beauty untold ...   [Smith]   A man can be bold!   [Ratcliffe]   It all can be sold!      [Ratcliffe and English Settlers together]      [Ratcliffe]   And the gold   Is ...   Mine!   Mine!   Mine!   Mine!   [English Settlers]   So go for the gold   We know which is here   All the riches here   From this minute   This land and what's in it is   Mine!   [Ratcliffe]   Dig and dig and diggety-dig!   Hey nonny nonny nonny it's mine!