Wurzels Backing Tracks

Wurzels Backing Tracks : Combine Harvester … I Am A Cider Drinker

The Wurzels are band from Somerset, England, best known for their number one hit “The Combine Harvester” and number three hit “I Am a Cider Drinker” in 1976.
They mainly re-work original songs with new lyrics, incorporating colloquial phrases from the area of Somerset. The band name comes from the word ‘mangelwurzel’ which is a type of animal feed-crop.

The late 1990s saw the band gaining a cult status amongst students and a resurgence in their popularity in their native West Country.

The Wurzels have had many changes in line-up over the years, with only 3 original band members remaining in 2022.

Wurzels Backing Tracks

Combine Harvester (Brand New Key) … I Am A Cider Drinker

Lyrics

When the moon shines on the cow shed
And we’re rolling in the hay
All the cows are up there grazin’
And the milk is on its way

I am a cider drinker
I drinks it all of the day
I am a cider drinker
It soothes all me troubles away

Proper job! Wanna try some, young ‘un?

It’s so cosy in the kitchen
With the smell of rabbit stew
When the breeze blows ‘cross the farmyard
You can smell the cow shed too
(Cor! I never smelled nothin’ like it in all of me life)

When those combine wheels stops turnin’
And the hard days work is done
Theres a pub around the corner
It’s the place we ‘ave our fun
(Arrh, we’ll have some fun an’ all)

I am a cider drinker
I drinks it all of the day
I am a cider drinker
It soothes all me troubles away