The Tunnel Tigers

(Ewan MacColl)

Hares run free on the Wicklow mountains
Wild geese fly and the foxes play
Sporting Wicklow boys are working
They’re digging a tunnel through the London clay

Up with the shields and jack it! Ram it!
Drive a tunnel through the London clay

Lough Derg trout grow fat and lazy
Salmon sport in Cushla bay
The fishermen from Connemara
They’re digging a tunnel through the London clay

Below Armagh the wild ducks breeding
Wild fowl gather on Loch Rea
The sporting boys of Longford County
They’re digging a tunnel through the London clay

The curragh rots on the Achill Island
Tourists walk on the Newport quay
The Mayo boys have all gone roving
They’re digging a tunnel through the London clay

The Carlow girls are fine and handsomse
All decked out so neat and gay
The Carlow boys don’t come to court them
They’re digging a tunnel through the London clay

Down in the dark are the tunnel tigers
Far from the sun and the light of day
Down in the land that the sea once buried
They’re digging a tunnel through the London clay