We are a band of troubadour’s,
We come from County Durham,
We Like to play, We like to play,
Upon the Piano, Upon the Piano,
A Plikity Plonk, A Plikity Plonk, A Plikity Plikity Plonk,
A Plikity Plonk, A Plikity Plonk, A Plikity Plikity Plonk,

Upon the base Drum…
Ba-Boom, Ba-Boom, Ba-Boom, Ba-Boom, Ba-Boom, Ba-Boom

Upon the Violin…
A-Vee, A-Vee, A-Vee, A-Vee, A-Vee, A-Vee, A-Vee,

Ham and eggs, Ham and eggs, 
I like mine fried nice and brown. 
I like mine fried up side down. 
Ham and eggs, Ham and eggs,
Flip 'em, Flop 'em, Flop 'em, Flip 'em, 
Ham and eggs!

I zicka zimba, zimba, zimba
zicka zimba, zimba, hey 
I zicka zimba, zimba, zimba 
I zicka zimba, zimba, hey 

Hold him down, you Zulu warrior!
Hold him down, you Zulu chief, 
Chief chief chief...

In eighteen hundred and fifty-one
The American railway just begun
The American railway just begun
Working on the railway.

Patsy-o-ree-o-ree-ay
Patsy-o-ree-o-ree-ay
Patsy-o-ree-o-ree-ay
Working on the railway.

repeat verse and chorus, using:

1852 I found myself with nothing to do.
1853 the foreman came and started me.
1854 my back was bent, and my knees were sore.
1855 I found myself more dead than alive.
1856 I dropped a box of dynamite sticks.
1857 I found myself on the way to heaven.
1858 I picked the lock on the pearly gates.
1859 a pair of wings and a harp divine.
1850-10 if you want any more you can sing it again.