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So we'll fill up the glass and once more make the call
For peace on this earth and good will unto all

Long life to the miners the whole world around
Who spend all their days in a hole underground
Whose road is a tunnel, whose day is the night
Out of darkness and danger they bring power and light

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Our thanks to the fishermen and safe may they toil
And also to the farmer who turns up the soil
To the ploughmen and shepherds and all those of worth
Whose joy is to harvest the fruits of the earth

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Here's to drivers and firemen and the rest of the team
Who keep the stock rolling by diesel and steam
To the cleaners and shunters who work night and day
And the track-laying gangs on the permanent way

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A toast to the laboring women and men
Who live where their work is, who work where they can
To the builders and spidermen and bold engineers
May your wages keep rising over the years

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To writers and artists, then, let's drink a health
To the people whose hopes and whose dreams are our wealth
Whose tools are but canvas, or paper and pen
Whose harvest is a gift to all women and men

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Let the men drink a health to their sweethearts and wives
And the ladies, being willing, will greet them likewise
May your children be many, your troubles be few
May you treasure the day you make one out of two

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Let's drink to our children and let us prepare
A world where they'll live free from sorrow and care
A world where goodwill unto all is the law
A world without fallout, a world without war

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