[Verse 1]
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Down in King’s County, there’s hard working folks
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Some work in the fields, some work on the boats
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At the end of the week when they all draw their pay
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You’d think the Indy 500 was heading this way
[Chorus]
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And the traffic’s runnin’ hard again all the way to Cardigan
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People runnin’ up the hill to get a case of beer
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Gonna buy a quart of rum, gonna have a little fun
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Friday night in Cardigan and everybody’s here
[Verse 2]
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Come Saturday morning my throat she is dry
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My wife says to me: “let’s go shoppin’ b’y”
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We went to JD’S and I said to her” Dear
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You go get the groceries and I’ll go get the beer”
[Chorus]
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And the traffic’s runnin’ hard again all the way to Cardigan
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People runnin’ up the hill to get a case of beer
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Gonna buy a quart of rum, gonna have a little fun
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Friday night in Cardigan and everybody’s here
[Verse 3]
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There’s a fella named Mitch he comes from Murray Harbor
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His dad give him ten bucks and says “Go see the barber
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And when you return I want it cut short”
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Poor dad he forgot it’s ten bucks for a quart (in 1980)
[Chorus]
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And the traffic’s runnin’ hard again all the way to Cardigan
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People runnin’ up the hill to get a case of beer
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Gonna buy a quart of rum, gonna have a little fun
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Friday night in Cardigan and everybody’s here
[Verse 4]
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Come late Sunday night not a cent to my name
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Tomorrow at eight it’s that old working game
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My work’s piling up I’ll be put through my paces
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But Friday at four boys it’s back to the races
[Chorus]
G
And the traffic’s runnin’ hard again all the way to Cardigan
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People runnin’ up the hill to get a case of beer
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Gonna buy a quart of rum, gonna have a little fun
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Friday night in Cardigan and everybody’s here
[Chorus]
G
And the traffic’s runnin’ hard again all the way to Cardigan
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People runnin’ up the hill to get a case of beer
G C
Gonna buy a quart of rum, gonna have a little fun
G D G
Friday night in Cardigan and everybody’s here