Key: Am
Introduction:
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If I had another penny
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I would have another gill
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I would make the piper play
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The bonny lass of Byker Hill
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Byker Hill and Walker Shore
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Collier lads for ever more
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Byker Hill and Walker Shore
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Collier lads for ever more
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The pitman and the keelman trim
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They drink bumble made from gin
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Then to dance they do begin
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To the tune of Elsie Marley
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Byker Hill and Walker Shore
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Collier lads for ever more
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Byker Hill and Walker Shore
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Collier lads for ever more
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When first I went down to the dirt
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I had no cowl nor no pitshirt
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Now I've gotten two or three
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Walker Pit's done well by me
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Byker Hill and Walker Shore
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Collier lads for ever more
F Am
Byker Hill and Walker Shore
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Collier lads for ever more
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Geordie Charlton, he had a pig
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You hit it with a shovel and it danced a jig
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All the way to Walker Shore
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To the tune of Elsie Marley
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Byker Hill and Walker Shore
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Collier lads for ever more
F Am
Byker Hill and Walker Shore
Am Em Am
Collier lads for ever more
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If I had another penny
G C
I would have another gill
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I would make the piper play
Am Em Am
The bonny lass of Byker Hill
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Byker Hill and Walker Shore
G C
Collier lads for ever more
F Am
Byker Hill and Walker Shore
Am Em Am
Collier lads for ever more
Am
Byker Hill and Walker Shore
G C
Collier lads for ever more
F Am
Byker Hill and Walker Shore
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Collier lads for ever more