[Verse 1 – lead] There’s a woman on the shoreline with her boots sunk in the mud And the tide can’t knock her over though it’s surely tried enough She’s the clamdigger queen with a laugh sharp as a bell And she nodded when we said “I’m Dail Milton!” Said “boys, I know you well” [Verse 1 – background] (said boys, I know you well) [Chorus – all] Hail the clamdigger queen (clamdigger queen!) With a bucket full of grit and a tide-worn sheen (tide-worn sheen!) If the bay’s got legends She’s the one we’ve seen (we’ve seen) Hail the clamdigger queen (clamdigger queen!) With her shovel and her sway (shovel and sway!) She taught the fellas singing How to greet the breaking day (breaking day) [Verse 2 – lead] She can haul a load of shellfish like it weighs a feather’s breath She can stare down stormy weather like she’s bargaining with death But she’ll share her catch with strangers, pour a pint for any soul And the fellas know she’s tougher Than the tide can ever roll [Verse 2 – background] (than the tide can ever roll) [Chorus – all] Hail the clamdigger queen (clamdigger queen!) With a bucket full of grit and a tide-worn sheen (tide-worn sheen!) If the bay’s got legends She’s the one we’ve seen (we’ve seen) [Bridge – chant, printed four times] Dig it deep! (dig it deep!) Let the water gleam! (water gleam) Dig it deep! (dig it deep!) Clamdigger queen! (queen supreme) [Final Chorus – all] Hail the clamdigger queen (clamdigger queen!) With a bucket full of grit and a tide-worn sheen (tide-worn sheen!) If the bay’s got legends She’s the one we’ve seen (we’ve seen)
