Tonart: G major
Verse 1
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Ah, me name is John North
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from the south of the Forth
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In the land of three rivers I dwell
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In the steelworks and pits
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I've worked with me mates
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And are a bad word against
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They're the best bunch of lads
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and I'll tell you why
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It's a thought it would help me
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at a jump in the time
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In the land of free rivers,
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I'm longing to be
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Where the Tyne, Wear and Taze
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made the North Rolling Sea
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From Carlisle to Dover,
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from Bristol to Hull
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And every town in between
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I'm known in the mall
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by my accent and gall
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And friendships are proper
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I've got lots of friends,
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I'm a means to their end
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when the going gets rough
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In the land of free rivers
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I'm longing to be
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Where the time, wear and tase
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make the knots roll in sea
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In centuries gone,
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our ancestral homes
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Were prey to the Romans and Danes
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But Hadrian knew, and Odin did too
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That northeast was no place for games
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They tried to enslave us,
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While the strength of Saint Aidan
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and Hilda prevailed
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In the land of the rivers
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I'm longing to be
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Where the tine -wearing teas
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make their notes roll in C
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I work hard, I play hard, as hard as I toil
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And I drink the best ale in the land
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My roots nestle deep
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enough for praying soil
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Meet branches akin
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When loneliness takes you
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and dampens your song
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If you meet somebody or not,
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nothing goes far wrong
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In the land of free rivers,
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I'm longing to be
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Where the time we're in stays,
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make the knots roll in sea
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In the land of free rivers,
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I'm longing to be
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Where the time we're in stays,
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make the notes roll and say
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