The Blaydon Races; A Geordie folk song. Sung at Newcastle United Football
Matches...HOWAY THE LADS!
I went to Blaydon Races
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Twas on the ninth of June
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Eighteen Hundred and Sixty Two
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On a summer's afternoon
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I took the bus from Balmbras
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And she was heavy laden
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Away we went along Collingwood Street
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That's on the Road to Blaydon
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Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin
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Passing the folks along the road
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And all of them were starin'
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All the lads and lasses there
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They all had smilin' faces
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Gannin along the Scotswood Road
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To see the Blaydon Races
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We flew past Armstrong's factory
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And up by the Robin Adair
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But gannin ower the Railway Bridge
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The bus wheel flew off there
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The lasses lost their crinolines
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And veils that hide their faces
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I got two black eyes and a broken nose
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In gannin to Blaydon Races
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Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin
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Passing the folks along the road
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And all of them were starin'
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All the lads and lasses there
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They all had smilin' faces
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Gannin along the Scotswood Road
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To see the Blaydon Races
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Now when we got the wheel back on
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Away we went again
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But them that had their noses broke
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They went back ower hyem
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Some went to the dispensary
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And some to Doctor Gibbses
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And some to the infirmary
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To mend their broken ribses
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Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin
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Passing the folks along the road
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And all of them were starin'
G E7 A
All the lads and lasses there
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They all had smilin' faces
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Gannin along the Scotswood Road
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To see the Blaydon Races
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We flew across the Tyne Bridge
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And came to Blaydon Toon
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The barman he was calling then
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They called him Jackie Broon
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I saw him talking to some chaps
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And them he was persuadin'
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To gan and see Geordie Ridley's show
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At the Mechanics' Hall in Blaydon
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Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin
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Passing the folks along the road
GD
And all of them were starin'
G E7 A
All the lads and lasses there
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They all had smilin' faces
A7 D
Gannin along the Scotswood Road
GD A7
To see the Blaydon Races
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Now when we got to Paradise
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There were bonny games begun
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There were four and twenty on the bus
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And how we danced and sung
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They called on me to sing a song
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So I sang 'em 'Paddy Fagan'
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I danced a jig and I swung me twig
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The day I went to Blaydon
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Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin
DA7D
Passing the folks along the road
GD
And all of them were starin'
G E7 A
All the lads and lasses there
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They all had smilin' faces
A7 D
Gannin along the Scotswood Road
GD A7
To see the Blaydon Races
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The rain it poured down all the day
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And made the ground quite muddy
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Coffee Johnny had a white hat on
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Shouted 'Wee stole the cuddy?'
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There were spice stalls and monkey shows
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And old wives selling ciders
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And the chap on the ha'penny roundabout
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Saying 'Any more lads for riders?'
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Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin
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Passing the folks along the road
GD
And all of them were starin'
G E7 A
All the lads and lasses there
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They all had smilin' faces
A7 D
Gannin along the Scotswood Road
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To see the Blaydon Races
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