The Longest Johns - Byker Hill Lyrics

The Longest Johns Lyrics

"Byker Hill"

If I had another penny
I would have another gill
I would make the piper play
"The Bonny Lass of Byker Hill"

Byker Hill and Walker Shore
Collier lads forever more
Byker Hill and Walker Shore
Collier lads forever more

The pit man and the keel man trim
They drink bumble made from gin
Then to dance they all begin
To the tune of the Elsie Marley

Byker Hill and Walker Shore
Collier lads forever more
Byker Hill and Walker Shore
Collier lads forever more

First I went down to the dirt
I had no cowl nor pit shirt
Now I've gotten two or three
Walker Pit's done well by me

Byker Hill and Walker Shore
Collier lads forever more
Byker Hill and Walker Shore
Collier lads forever more

All the boys from Walker Shore
Drink half a pint then eighteen more
All the way they rant and roar
To the tune of the Elsie Marley

Byker Hill and Walker Shore
Collier lads forever more
Byker Hill and Walker Shore
Collier lads forever more

Geordie Charlton had a pig
He hit it with a shovel and it danced a jig
All the way to Walker Shore
To the tune of the Elsie Marley

Byker Hill and Walker Shore
Collier lads forever more
Byker Hill and Walker Shore
Collier lads forever more

If I had another penny
I would have another gill
I would make the piper play
"The Bonny Lass of Byker Hill"

Byker Hill and Walker Shore
Collier lads forever more
Byker Hill and Walker Shore
Collier lads forever more

Byker Hill and Walker Shore
Collier lads forever more
Byker Hill and Walker Shore
Collier lads forever more

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