Ox Driving Song - The Seekers

Crack the whip and bring the blood.

Make the leaders take the mud.

We’ve got the wheels

And we turn them around.

One long hard pull and we’re on hard ground,

Timaro, Timaro, Timaride-i-o.

Timaro, Timaro, Timaride-i-o.

Timaride-i-o, Timaride-i-o.

Timaro, Timaro, Timaride-i-o.

On the fourteenth day of October-o,

I hitched my team in order-o

To try the hills

Of Saludio.

Timaro, Timaride-i-o,

Timaro, Timaro, Timaride-i-o.

Timaro, Timaro, Timaride-i-o.

Timaride-i-o, Timaride-i-o.

Timaro, Timaro, Timaride-i-o.

When I got there, the hills were steep,

Would make another person weep

To hear me cuss

And crack my whip.

And see the oxen pull and slip.

Timaro, Timaro, Timaride-i-o.

Timaro, Timaro, Timaride-i-o.

Timaride-i-o, Timaride-i-o.

Timaro, Timaro, Timaride-i-o.

When I get home among my friends,

That’s where my toil and trouble ends

And bid adieu

To the whip and line.

And ride no more in the winter time.

Timaro, Timaro, Timaride-i-o.

Timaro, Timaro, Timaride-i-o.

Timaride-i-o, Timaride-i-o.

Timaro, Timaro, Timaride-i-o.

Timaro, Timaro, Timaride-i-o,

Timaro, Timaro, Timaride-i-o,

Tima ride-i-o!

o!

o!

(spoken) Yeah!

Faites claquer le fouet et apportez le sang.

Faites en sorte que les chefs prennent la boue.

Nous avons les roues

Et nous les retournons.

Une longue traction et nous sommes sur un sol dur,

Timaro, Timaro, Timaride-i-o.

Timaro, Timaro, Timaride-i-o.

Timaride-i-o, Timaride-i-o.

Timaro, Timaro, Timaride-i-o.

Le quatorze octobre o,

J'ai attelé mon équipe dans l'ordre-o

Pour essayer les collines

De Saludio.

Timaro, Timaride-i-o,

Timaro, Timaro, Timaride-i-o.

Timaro, Timaro, Timaride-i-o.

Timaride-i-o, Timaride-i-o.

Timaro, Timaro, Timaride-i-o.

Quand je suis arrivé là-bas, les collines étaient escarpées,

Ferait pleurer une autre personne

Pour m'entendre jurer

Et fais claquer mon fouet.

Et voyez les bœufs tirer et glisser.

Timaro, Timaro, Timaride-i-o.

Timaro, Timaro, Timaride-i-o.

Timaride-i-o, Timaride-i-o.

Timaro, Timaro, Timaride-i-o.

Quand je rentre chez moi parmi mes amis,

C'est là que mon labeur et mes ennuis se terminent

Et dire adieu

Au fouet et à la ligne.

Et ne roulez plus en hiver.

Timaro, Timaro, Timaride-i-o.

Timaro, Timaro, Timaride-i-o.

Timaride-i-o, Timaride-i-o.

Timaro, Timaro, Timaride-i-o.

Timaro, Timaro, Timaride-i-o,

Timaro, Timaro, Timaride-i-o,

Tima ride-i-o !

o !

o !

(parlé) Ouais !