This one has been floating around the forums for some time so thought a newer version would be appropriate here.

Sung to the accompaniment of "The Gambler" by Kenny Rogers

The driller

On a cold winter’s evening, in a bar in Nakina

Met up with a driller, we were both too broke to drink

So we took turns a’starin, at the dancer by the brasspole

Till boredom overtook him, and he began to think

He says "Son, I’ve made a living, out of readin people’s drillcore

Knowing what the assays were, as they glistened in the sun

But if you don’t mind my saying, I can see you’re out of stocktips

For a drink of your whisky, I’ll give you one of mine"

Well, I’ve lost a lot of money, on CMM and Noront

On EAG and DOS and most lately CYP

Well, I couldn’t get much thinner, I really needed a winner

So I handed him my last drink and simply nodded ‘sure’

He said "I used to work for Bre-ex, but now I’m afraid of flying

So now I work for Novak, and stay close to the ground

One day we were a’drillin, in the ring of fire this winter

And when we pulled the core out, here is what we found

Well his face lost all expression, as he looked over his shoulder

Then he pulled a piece of drill core out, and handed it to me

He said I smuggled this just last week, and no one knows I’ve got it

If you hook me up with that dancer, it can be yours to keep

Well I looked down at the drill core, then I looked up at my sister

I looked back at the driller, and I knew it was allright

She wouldn’t mind my giving, out her cell phone number, cuz

That core had lots of nickel, in the form of godlevskite

He said it came from Big daddy, and no one knows about it

You should buy a lot of shares now, you can get them for a dime

So, I scribbled down her number, then sold my boat and trailer

And loaded up on Spider, and put a picture up on line

And now the drillers married, to my sister and we’re living

In B.C. by the water, and this is how it ends

We all made a fortune, from Spider and the photo

We have a lot more money, than we could ever spend.