Byker Hill - Tempest

If I had another penny

I would have another gill

I would make the piper play

'The Bonny Lass of Byker Hill'

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

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

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

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

If I had another penny

I would have another gill

I would make the piper play

'The Bonny Lass of Byker Hill'