Why Aye Man

[00:22.65] We had no way of staying afloat
[00:26.66] We had to leave on the ferry boat
[00:30.51] Economic refugees
[00:35.56] On the run to Germany
[00:39.98] We had the back of Maggie's hand
[00:43.86] Times were tough in Geordieland
[00:48.55] We got our tools and working gear
[00:51.03] And humped it all from Newcastle to here
[00:56.74] Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
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[01:30.50] We're the nomad tribes, travelling boys
[01:34.64] In the dust and dirt and the racket and the noise
[01:38.89] Drills and hammers, diggers and picks
[01:43.02] Mixing concrete, laying bricks
[01:47.56] There's English, Irish, Scots, the Lot
[01:51.85] United nation's what we've got
[01:57.17] Brickies, chippies, every trade
[01:58.83] German building, British-made
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[02:04.85] Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
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[02:38.30] Nae more work on Maggie's farm
[02:42.60] Hadaway down the autobahn
[02:47.32] Mine's a portacabin bed
[02:51.52] Or a bunk in a nissen hut instead
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[03:18.63] There's plenty Deutschmarks here to earn
[03:22.69] And German tarts are wunderschoen
[03:26.88] German beer is chemical-free
[03:31.17] Germany's alreet with me
[03:35.85] Sometimes I miss my river Tyne
[03:39.70] But you're my pretty fraulein
[03:44.03] Tonight we'll drink the old town dry
[03:46.65] Keep our spirit levels high
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