I've come back all skin and bones
From the Diggins O!
And I wished I'd never gone
To the Diggins O!
Believe me it's no fun
For I once weighed fifteen stone
But they brought me down to one
At the Diggins O!
At the Diggins O! At the Diggins O!
But they brought me down to one
At the Diggins O!
I built a hut of mud
At the Diggins O!
It got washed away by flood
At the Diggins O!
I used to dig and cry
And I wished that I could die
Undertakers charge to high
At the Diggins O!
At the Diggins O! At the Diggins O!
Undertakers charge to high
At the Diggins O!
Table beer's two bob a quart
At the Diggins O!
Get your eyes bashed out for nought
At the Diggins O!
Five shillings a night bread brick
And bu*ter's a shilling a lick
And they laugh when you ask for tick
At the Diggins O!
At the Diggins O! At the Diggins O!
They laugh when you ask for tick
At the Diggins O!
They went and they robbed me of me all
At the Diggins O!
All my nuggets they did steal
At the Diggins O!
I sneaked away unhurt
Oh they even stole my shirt
I was covered up with dirt
From the Diggins O!
At the Diggins O! At the Diggins O!
I was covered up with dirt
From the Diggins O!
No one cares for a ruined man
At the Diggins O!
Thinks I'll get home if I can
From the Diggins O!
I had to sleep out in the cold
I've been bought and then resold
Here's a curse of the so-called gold
At the Diggins O!
At the Diggins O! At the Diggins O!
Here's a curse of the so-called gold
At the Diggins O!
At the Diggins O! At the Diggins O!
Here's a curse of the so-called gold
At the Diggins O!