{"id":1747,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/navigator"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"navigator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/navigator\/","title":{"rendered":"NAVIGATOR"},"content":{"rendered":"

Irish traditional song lyrics \u2014 collected by Beer Belly Band.<\/em><\/p>\n

The canals and the bridges, the embankments and cuts
\nThey blasted and dug with their sweat and their guts
\nThey never drank water, but whiskey by pints
\nAnd the shanty towns ran with their songs and their fights<\/p>\n

Chorus:
\nNavigator, Navigator rise up and be strong
\nThe morning is here and there’s work to be done
\nTake your pick and your shovel and your bold dynamite
\nFor to shift a few tons of this earthly delight<\/p>\n

They died in their hundreds with no sign to mark where
\nSave the brass in the pocket for the entrepreneur
\nBy landslide and rock-blast they go buried so deep
\nThat in death if not life they’ll find peace while they sleep<\/p>\n

Chorus:
\nNavigator, Navigator rise up and be strong
\nThe morning is here and there’s work to be done
\nTake your pick and your shovel and your bold dynamite
\nFor to shift a few tons of this earthly delight<\/p>\n

Their mark on this land is still seen and still laid
\nThe way for a commerce where vast fortunes were made
\nThe supply of an Empire where the sun never sets
\nWhich is now deep in darkness, but the railway’s there yet<\/p>\n

Chorus:
\nNavigator, Navigator rise up and be strong
\nThe morning is here and there’s work to be done
\nTake your pick and your shovel and your bold dynamite
\nFor to shift a few tons of this earthly delight<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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