1: My name is Jim, the carter lad, a jolly chap am I!
I always am contented, be the weather wet or dry!
I snap my fingers at the snow, and whistle at the rain
I've weathered the storm for many a year, and will do so again.
Crack, crack, goes my whip, I whistle and I sing!
As I sits upon my wagon, I'm as happy as a king!
My horses always willing, and I am never sad!
There's none can lead a jollier life than Jim, the carter's lad!
2: Now me father was a carter many years ago.
Up and to the market on a Thursday he would go!
Sometimes he took me with him, particular in the Spring.
I'd love to sit upon the cart and hear my father sing,
"Crack, crack, goes my whip, I whistle and I sing!
As I sits upon my wagon, I'm as happy as a king!
My horses always willing, and I am never sad!
There's none can lead a jollier life than Jim, the carter's lad!"
3: The girls, they always smile at me as we go trotting past.
Me horse is such a beauty, and trots along real fast!
We've covered many a weary mile but happy times are had.
There's none can lead a jollier life than Jim, the carter's lad!
Crack, crack, goes my whip, I whistle and I sing!
As I sits upon my wagon, I'm as happy as a king!
My horses always willing, and I am never sad!
There's none can lead a jollier life than Jim, the carter's lad!
4: Well, now I feel the time has come for me to bid adieu!
I know my horse will weary if I stay here with you!
To see your smiling face as it does my heart feel glad.
I hope you will give your kind of love to Jim the Carter's lad!
Crack, crack, goes my whip, I whistle and I sing!
As I sits upon my wagon, I'm as happy as a king!
My horses always willing, and I am never sad!
There's none can lead a jollier life than Jim, the carter's lad!
Crack, crack, goes my whip, I whistle and I sing!
As I sits upon my wagon, I'm as happy as a king!
My horses always willing, and I am never sad!
There's none can lead a jollier life than Jim, the carter's lad!
Whoa there!