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Hard Worker (Part 1)
The Avett Brothers
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Swept Away 2024 Original Broadway Cast
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I'm a hard hard worker everyday
I'm a hard hard worker
I'm working everyday
I'm a hard hard worker
And I'm saving all my pay
If I ever get some money put away
I'm gonna take it all out to celebrate
I'm a hard hard worker everyday
Well I woke up early this morn (I woke up early)
And I woke up early this morn morn morn
Yeah I woke up early this morn
And I got up early to sing (And I got up early)
Yeah I got up early to sing
I got up early to sing
'Cause I'm a hard hard worker
I'm working everyday
I'm a hard hard worker
And I'm saving all my pay
If I ever get some money put away
I'm gonna take it all out to celebrate
I'm a hard hard worker everyday
New Bedford was past its day even then
1888 This was, 22 years earlier
And wasn't I the handsome young scapegrace?
I, to the main, chancin', always wanted to get by best
On my wits and you might say occasional guile
Life's happenstance led me on a circuitous
Downward spiral to this place, and these sad old ships
This was the end of the road for me
Second mate on a triple master
Heading out in search of the great leviathans
Now the whaling trade was dying then, and we all knew it
Anyone who still hunted these waters was clinging to a fading dream
We have secured the boats!
Standing by for the harbor pilot
I don't know how they did it on your previous command
But when you're on my ship, you address the captain as "sir"
You say "sir"
You say it loudly
You say it every time
You hear me?
Sorry sir!
Are we ready to cast off?
Almost sir!
Almost?
Yes sir, we are still lacking one of our crew
Where the hell is he?