Mine Mine Mine

**Mine Mine Mine** is the fifth song to be sung in Pocahontas. It's sung by Ratcliffe, the settlers, Wiggins, and John Smith. In the song, Ratcliffe sings of the riches to be found in Virginia and his plans for when he gets back to the New World with it all. On the side, John Smith sings of his happiness at finding a new land to explore while being unknowingly watched by Pocahontas.

## Lyrics

**Ratcliffe:** The gold of Cortes

The jewels of Pizarro

Will seem like mere trinkets.

By this time tomorrow

The gold we find here

Will dwarf them by far

Oh, with all ya got in ya, boys

Dig up Virginia, boys

Mine, boys, mine ev'ry mountain

And dig, boys, dig 'til ya drop

Grab a pick, boys

Quick, boys

Shove in a shovel

Uncover those lovely

Pebbles that sparkle and shine

It's gold and it's mine, mine, mine

**English Settlers:** Dig and dig and dig and diggety...

Dig and dig and dig and diggety...

**Wiggins:** Hey nonny nonny

Ho nonny nonny

**Ratcliffe:** Oh, how I love it!

**Wiggins:** Hey nonny nonny

Ho nonny nonny

**Ratcliffe:** Riches for cheap!

**Wiggins:** Hey nonny nonny

Ho nonny nonny

**Ratcliffe and Wiggins:** There'll be heaps of it...

**Ratcliffe:** And I'll be on top of the heap!

My rivals back home

It's not that I'm bitter.

But think how they'll squirm.

When they see how I glitter!

The ladies at court

Will be all a-twitter.

The king will reward me

He'll knight me... no, lord me!

It's mine, mine, mine

For the taking

It's mine, boys

Mine me that gold!

With those nuggets dug...

It's glory they'll gimme

My dear friend, King Jimmy

Will probably build me a shrine

**Ratcliffe, Wiggins, and Percy:** When all of the gold...

**Ratcliffe:** ...is mine!

**English Settlers:** Dig and dig and dig and diggety

Dig and dig and dig and diggety-dig!

**Smith:** All of my life, I have searched for a land

Like this one

A wilder, more challenging country

I couldn't design

Hundreds of dangers await

And I don't plan to miss one

In a land I can claim

A land I can tame

The greatest adventure is mine!

**Ratcliffe:** Keep on working, lads

Don't be shirking, lads

Mine, boys, mine

Mine me that gold

Beautiful gold

**English Settlers:** Mine

Find a mother lode

Then find another load!

Dig! Dig! and diggety

Dig! Dig! for that gold

**All:** Make this island

My land!

**Ratcliffe:** Make the mounds big, boys

I'd help you to dig, boys

But I've got this crick in me spine

**Smith:** This land we behold...

**Ratcliffe:** This beauty untold...

**Smith:** A man can be bold!

**Ratcliffe:** It all can be sold!

And the gold

Is...

Mine!

Mine!

Mine!

Mine!

**English Settlers:** So go for the gold

We know which is here

All the riches here

From this minute

This land and what's in it is

Mine!

Dig and dig and diggety-dig!

Hey nonny nonny nonny it's mine!

## Trivia

* This is the second song in which an actor does two characters at once (in this case, it's David Ogden Stiers voicing both Governor Ratcliffe and Wiggins). The first song was "Be Prepared".
* Originally, after the final verse, the camera was to zoom out, showing the destruction and desolation that Ratcliffe's men had done to the area. However, after a negative reaction from test audiences, the ending was changed to simply zooming up to Ratcliffe's face while he smiled menacingly.
* This is the first of two villain songs with the second being Savages.
* Before the 10th Anniversary Edition, this was the only time John Smith sang during the film.