The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

WE SURE CAN DRINK

CHORUS:
AND WE CAN, WE CAN, WE CAN, WE CAN,
DEMOLISH FORTY BEERS,
DRINK RUM, DRINK RUM, DRINK RUM, DRINK RUM,
AND COME ALONG WITH US,
FOR WE DON'T GIVE A DAMN FOR ANY DAMN MAN
WHO DON'T GIVE A DAMN FOR US.

GODIVA WAS A LADY FROM COVENTRY DID RIDE,
FOR TO SHOW TO ALL THE VILLAGERS HER BARE AND LILY WHITE HIDE,
THE MOST OBSERVANT MAN THERE, AN ENGINEER, OF COURSE,
WAS THE ONLY ONE TO NOTICE THAT GODIVA RODE A HORSE.

CHORUS:

NOW I HAVE RIDDEN FORTY MILES, AND I WILL RIDE AS FAR,
WITH THE MAN WHO TAKES ME FROM THIS HORSE, AND LEADS ME TO A BAR.
THE ONES WHO TOOK HER STEED, AND STOOD HER TO A BEER,
WERE A BLEARY EYED SURVEYOR AND A DRUNKEN ENGINEER.

CHORUS:

SIR FRANCIS DRAKE AND HIS MEN, SAILED OUT FROM CALWAY BAY,
THEY HEARD THE SPANISH WHISKEY NAVY WAS SAILING OUT THAT WAY,
BUT THE ENGINEERS HAD BEAT THEM BY A NIGHT AND HALF A DAY,
AND THOUGH THEY WERE DRUNK AS TARMINTORS YOU COULD HEAR THEM SAY,

CHORUS:

Submitter comment:

A SONG LEARNED IN COLLEGE
TUNE: "RAMBLING WRECK FROM GEORGIA TECH"

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 11-20-1969