Byker Hill

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Byker Hill (Trad.)
“This traditional English coal mining song was popularized by Dave Swarbrick and Martin Carthy, as well as a group called The Young Traditions. We’re always looking to work in the traditional domain, but giving it contemporary validity via new arrangements and melodic elements. It’s a fresh viewpoint on a much loved piece.”

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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 do begin
To the tune of Elsie Marley

When first I went down to the dirt
I had no cowl nor no pitshirt
Now I've gotten two or three
Walker Pit's done well by me

Geordie Charlton, he had a pig
He hit it with a shovel, and it danced a jig
All the way to Walker Shore
To the tune of Elsie Marley

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from Shapeshifter, released May 20, 2003

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