Mine, Mine, Mine

The gold of Cortés

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

Oh, how I love it!

Riches for cheap!

There'll be heaps 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

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

Dig and dig and dig and diggety

Dig and dig and dig and diggety-dig!

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, boys, mine

Mine me that gold

Beautiful 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!

And the gold is

Mine!

Mine!

Mine!

Hey nonny nonny nonny it's mine!