Learn a trick to Old Nick or the bold navvy man.

Oh! the sly navvy man,

And the fly navvy man,

Sure a woman's always runnin' to the bold navvy man.

"I do not care for ladies grand who are of high degree,

A winsome wench and willin', she is just the one for me,

Drink and love are classed as sins, as mortal sins by some,

I'll drink and drink whene'er I can, the drouth is sure to come—

And I will love till lusty life runs out its mortal span,

The end of which is in the ditch for many a navvy man.