Dm Dm F Dm Dm
Dm G Dm
We had no way of staying a float
G Dm
We had to leave on the ferry-boat
G Dm
Economic refugees
G Dm F Dm
On the run to Germany
G Dm G
We had the back of Maggie’s hand
Dm G Dm
Times were tough in Geordie land
Dm G Dm
We got wor tools and working gear
G F Dm C Dm
And humped it all from Newcastle to here
Dm G Dm
Why aye man, why aye, why aye ma
G Dm F Dm
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man (x2)
Dm G Dm
We’re the nomad tribes, travelling boys
G Dm F Dm
In the dust and the dirt and the racket and the noise
Dm G Dm
Drills and hammers, diggers and picks
G Dm F Dm
Mixing concrete, laying bricks
G G
There’s English, Irish, Scots, the lot
Dm G Dm
United Nation’s what we’ve got
G Dm
Brickies, Chippies, every trade
G Dm C Dm
German building, British-made
Dm G Dm
Why aye man, why aye, why aye ma
G Dm F Dm
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man (x2)
G Dm G
Nae more work on Maggie’s farm
Dm G Dm
Hadaway down the autobahn
G Dm G
Mine’s a porta cabin bed
Dm G Dm
or a bunk in a Nissan hut instead
G Dm G F Dm
G Dm G F
Dm G Dm
There’s plenty Deutschmarks here to earn
Dm F Dm
And German tarts are wun derschoen
Dm G Dm
German beer is chemical- free
G Dm
Germany’s alreet with me
G Dm G
Some times I miss my river Tyne
Dm G Dm
But you’re my pretty Fraulein
Dm G Dm
Tonight we’ll drink the old town dry
G Dm
Keep wor spirit levels high
C Dm
Dm G Dm
Why aye man, why aye, why aye ma
G Dm F Dm
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man (x2)
G Dm G
Some times I miss my river Tyne
Dm G Dm
But you’re my pretty Fraulein
Dm G Dm
Tonight we’ll drink the old town dry
G Dm
Keep wor spirit levels high (2x)
G Dm G Dm G Dm
Dm G Dm G Dm
