Campbell, the Drover



The first day of April I'll never forget

Three English lassies together they met

They mounted their horses and swore solemnly

That they would play a trick on the first man they see



And sing fol the rol daddy

Fol the rol daddy

Fol the rol daddy

Sing fol the rol day



Oh, Campbell, the drover, went riding one day

And soon he encountered those ladies so gay

They reined in their horses and he did the same

And in close conversation together they came



They asked him to show them the way to the inn

And would he drink whiskey or would he drink gin?

Then Campbell made answer and said with a smile

"Sure, I long for to taste the strong ale of Carlisle"



They called in the servants and started a dance

They ordered the landlord to spare no expense

They danced the next morning 'til 'twixt eight and nine

And they called for their breakfast and afterwards wine



They mounted their horses, alas and alack

It dawned on the landlord they weren't coming back

He said, "My dear Irishman, I am afraid

That those three English jokers a trick on you played"



"Never mind," says old Campbell, "If they've gone astray

I've plenty of money, the reckoning to pay

Just sit down beside me, and before that I go

I'll teach you a trick that perhaps you don't know



"I'll teach you a trick that's contrary to law

Two kinds of whiskey from one cask to draw"

The landlord being eager to learn of the plan

Straighway to the cellar with Paddy, he ran



He soon bore a hole in a very short space

And he bade the landlord stick his thumb on then place

He then bored another, "Place your other thumb here

While I for a tumbler must run up the stairs"



When Campbell was mounted and well out of sight

The hostler came in in a terrible fright

He hunted the house, high up and low down

Half dead in the cellar, his master he found



"Go and find that bold Irishman," loudly he cried

"I fear he has vanished," the hostler replied

He said, "My dear landlord, I am afraid

That Campbell the drover, a trick on you played."



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recorded by Margaret Christl and Ian Robb

collected by Helen Creighton from Angelo Dornan of New Brunswick

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