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K:Eb
P:verse
c c c (B/2c/2) | e c (c/2B/2) G | F F F (E/2F/2) | G B (B G) |
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c c c (B/2c/2) | e c (c/2B/2) G | c (G/2B/2) B c | G (F/2G/2) G z |
w:I would make the - pi-per play - the bon-nie - lads of By-ker - Hill
P:chorus
c c c (B/2c/2) | e c (c/2B/2 G) | F F F (E/2F/2) | G B (B G) |
w:By-ker Hill and - Wa-lker Shore -- Coll-ier lads for - e-ver more
c c c (B/2c/2) | e c (c/2B/2 G) | [M:6/4] c G A c G F | [M:C] G2 z z ||
w:By-ker Hill and - Wa-lker Shore -- Coll-ier lads for e-ver more
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W:If I had another penny I would have another Jill
W:I would make the piper play the bonnie lads of Byker Hill.
W:
W:ch
W:Byker Hill and Walker Shore, Collier lads for ever more.
W:Byker Hill and Walker Shore. Collier lads for ever more. 
W:
W:2
W:My Jenny she sits an hour late up, My Jenny she sits an hour late up
W:My Jenny she sits an hour late up, To give me my pint pot and a cup. 
W:
W:3
W:It's down the pits we'll go my laddies And down the pits we'll go my mammies,
W:We'll try our will and use our skill To cut them ridges down below. 
W:
W:4
W:My Jenny she is never near. My Jenny she is never near
W:And when I called out "Where's my supper" She orders up another pint of beer. 
W:
W:5
W:When first I came down to the pit I had no trousers nor no pit shirt,
W:Now I've gotten two or three; Byker pit's done well by me. 
W:
W:6
W:Hey Jenny come home.to your little baby Hey Jenny come home to your little baby
W:Hey Jenny come home to your little baby With a pint of beer all under your arm 
W:
W:7
W:The pitman and the keelman trim They drink bumble made from gin,
W:Then to dance they do begin To the tune of Elsie Marley. 
W:.
W:8
W:The old coalcutter gets two shillings; The deputy gets half a crown,
W:The overman gets five and sixpence - That's just for riding up and down. 
W:
W:9
W:Geordie Johnson he had a pig, He hit it with a shovel and it danced a jig  
W:All the way to the Walker pit To the tuine of Elsie Marley 
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