Why Aye Man (Live From Music Bank London/2011)

We had no way of staying a float We had to leave on a ferryboat Economic refugees on the run to Germany We had the back of Maggie's hand Times were tough in Geordie land What tools and working gear And humped it all from Newcastle to here Why aye Why aye Why aye man Why aye Why aye Why aye man Why aye Why aye Why aye man Why aye Why aye Why aye We're the nomad tribes traveling boys In the dust and dirt and the wrecking noise Drills and hammers diggers and picks Mixing concrete laying bricks There's English Irish Scots a lot United Nations what we've got Brickies chippies Every trade German building British made Why aye Why aye Why aye man Why aye Why aye Why aye man Why aye Why aye Why aye man Why aye Why aye Nay more work on Maggie's farm Head away down the autobahn Mine's a Portakabin bed Or a bunk in a Nissen hut instead There's plenty Deutsch marks here to earn And German tarts are wundersch German beer is chemical free Germany's alright with me Sometimes I miss my River Tyne But you're my pretty frylein Tonight we'll drink the old town dry Keep our spirit levels high Why aye Why aye Why aye man Why aye Why aye Why aye man Why aye Why aye Why aye man Why aye Why aye Why aye That's my River Tyne You're my pretty frylein Tonight we'll drink the old town dry Keep our spirit levels high Sometimes I miss my River Tyne But you're my pretty frylein Tonight we'll drink the old town dry Keep our spirit levels high