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T:Byker Hill And Walker Shore
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w:If I had- a -no-ther pe -nny I would have a -no-ther Jill -
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w:I would make the - pi-per play - the bon-nie - lads of By-ker - Hill
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w:By-ker Hill and - Wa-lker Shore -- Coll-ier lads for - e-ver more
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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.
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W:Byker Hill and Walker Shore, Collier lads for ever more.
W:Byker Hill and Walker Shore. Collier lads for ever more. 
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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. 
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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. 
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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. 
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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. 
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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 
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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. 
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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. 
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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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