The Blaydon Races

[D]Twas on the ninth of June
[A7]Eighteen Hundred and S[D]ixty Two
[G]On a summer's afterno[D]on
[E7]I took the bus [A7]from Balmbras
[D]And she was heavy laden
[A7]Away we went along C[D]ollingwood Street
[G]That's on the Road to[D] Blaydon
[A7]                    [D]

Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin
[D]Passing the folks [A7]along the road    [D]
[G]And all of them were [D]starin'
[G]All[E7] the lads and [A]lasses there
[D]They all had smilin' faces
[A7]Gannin along the Scotswood Roa[D]d

[G]To see t[D]he [A7]Blaydon Races
        [D]

We flew past Armstrong's factory
[D]And up by the Robin Adair
[A7]But gannin [D]ower the Railway Bridge
[G]The bus wheel f[D]lew off there
[E7]The lass[A7]es lost their crinolines
[D]And veils that hide their faces
[A7]I got tw[D]o black eyes and a broken nose
[G]In gannin to[D] Blaydon Races
[A7]           [D]

Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin
[D]Passing [A7]the folk[D]s along the road
[G]And all [D]of them were starin'
[G]All the[E7] lads and lass[A]es there
[D]They all had smilin' faces

[A7]Gannin along the Scotswood Roa[D]d
[G]To see t[D]he [A7]Blaydon Races
        [D]

Now when we got the wheel back on
[D]Away we went again
[A7]But them th[D]at had their noses broke
[G]They went back [D]ower hyem
[E7]Some wen[A7]t to the dispensary
[D]And some to Doctor Gibbses
[A7]And some[D] to the infirmary
[G]To mend thei[D]r broken ribses
[A7]           [D]

Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin
[D]Passing [A7]the folk[D]s along the road
[G]And all [D]of them were starin'
[G]All the[E7] lads and lass[A]es there
[D]They all had smilin' faces
[A7]Gannin along the Scotswood Roa[D]d
[G]To see t[D]he [A7]Blaydon Races
        [D]

We flew across the Tyne Bridge
[D]And came to Blaydon Toon
[A7]The barman [D]he was calling then
[G]They called him[D] Jackie Broon
[E7]I saw hi[A7]m talking to some chaps
[D]And them he was persuadin'
[A7]To gan a[D]nd see Geordie Ridley's show
[G]At the Mecha[D]nics' Hall in Blaydon
[A7]           [D]

Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin
[D]Passing [A7]the folk[D]s along the road
[G]And all [D]of them were starin'
[G]All the[E7] lads and lass[A]es there
[D]They all had smilin' faces
[A7]Gannin along the Scotswood Roa[D]d
[G]To see t[D]he [A7]Blaydon Races
        [D]

Now when we got to Paradise
[D]There were bonny games begun
[A7]There were [D]four and twenty on the bus
[G]And how we danc[D]ed and sung
[E7]They cal[A7]led on me to sing a song
[D]So I sang 'em 'Paddy Fagan'
[A7]I danced[D] a jig and I swung me twig
[G]The day I we[D]nt to Blaydon
[A7]           [D]

Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin
[D]Passing [A7]the folk[D]s along the road
[G]And all [D]of them were starin'
[G]All the[E7] lads and lass[A]es there
[D]They all had smilin' faces
[A7]Gannin along the Scotswood Roa[D]d
[G]To see t[D]he [A7]Blaydon Races
        [D]

The rain it poured down all the day
[D]And made the ground quite muddy
[A7]Coffee John[D]ny had a white hat on
[G]Shouted 'Wee st[D]ole the cuddy?'
[E7]There we[A7]re spice stalls and monkey shows
[D]And old wives selling ciders
[A7]And the [D]chap on the ha'penny roundabout
[G]Saying 'Any [D]more lads for riders?'
[A7]           [D]

Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin
[D]Passing [A7]the folk[D]s along the road
[G]And all [D]of them were starin'
[G]All the[E7] lads and lass[A]es there
[D]They all had smilin' faces
[A7]Gannin along the Scotswood Roa[D]d
[G]To see t[D]he [A7]Blaydon Races
        [D]