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Byker Hill Lyrics


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 for ever more

Byker Hill and Walker Shore

Collier lads for ever more



The pitman and the keelman 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 for ever more

Byker Hill and Walker Shore

Collier lads for ever more



When first I went down to the dirt

I had no cowl nor pitshirt

Now I've gotten two or three

Walker Pit's done well by me



Byker Hill and Walker Shore

Collier lads for ever more

Byker Hill and Walker Shore

Collier lads for ever more



Byker Hill and Walker Shore

Collier lads for ever more

Byker Hill and Walker Shore

Collier lads for ever 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 for ever more

Byker Hill and Walker Shore

Collier lads for ever 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



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 for ever more

Byker Hill and Walker Shore

Collier lads for ever more



Byker Hill and Walker Shore

Collier lads for ever more

Byker Hill and Walker Shore

Collier lads for ever more



Byker Hill and Walker Shore

Collier lads for ever more

Byker Hill and Walker Shore

Collier lads for ever more