The Blaydon Races; A Geordie folk song. I went to Blaydon Races D5 Twas on the ninth of June A5 D5 Eighteen Hundred and Sixty Two G5 D5 On a summer's afternoon E5 A5 I took the bus from Balmbras D5 And she was heavy laden A5 D5 Away we went along Collingwood Street G5 D5 That's on the Road to Blaydon A5 D5 Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin D5 A5 D5 Passing the folks along the road G5 D5 And all of them were starin' G5 E5 A5 All the lads and lasses there D5 They all had smilin' faces A5 D5 Gannin along the Scotswood Road G5 D5 A5 To see the Blaydon Races D5 We flew past Armstrong's factory D5 And up by the Robin Adair A5 D5 But gannin ower the Railway Bridge G5 D5 The bus wheel flew off there E5 A5 The lasses lost their crinolines D5 And veils that hide their faces A5 D5 I got two black eyes and a broken nose G5 D5 In gannin to Blaydon Races A5 D5 Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin D5 A5 D5 Passing the folks along the road G5 D5 And all of them were starin' G5 E5 A5 All the lads and lasses there D5 They all had smilin' faces A5 D5 Gannin along the Scotswood Road G5 D5 A5 To see the Blaydon Races D5 Now when we got the wheel back on D5 Away we went again A5 D5 But them that had their noses broke G5 D5 They went back ower hyem E5 A5 Some went to the dispensary D5 And some to Doctor Gibbses A5 D5 And some to the infirmary G5 D5 To mend their broken ribses A5 D5 Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin D5 A5 D5 Passing the folks along the road G5 D5 And all of them were starin' G5 E5 A5 All the lads and lasses there D5 They all had smilin' faces A5 D5 Gannin along the Scotswood Road G5 D5 A5 To see the Blaydon Races D5 We flew across the Tyne Bridge D5 And came to Blaydon Toon A5 D5 The barman he was calling then G5 D5 They called him Jackie Broon E5 A5 I saw him talking to some chaps D5 And them he was persuadin' A5 D5 To gan and see Geordie Ridley's show G5 D5 At the Mechanics' Hall in Blaydon A5 D5 Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin D5 A5 D5 Passing the folks along the road G5 D5 And all of them were starin' G5 E5 A5 All the lads and lasses there D5 They all had smilin' faces A5 D5 Gannin along the Scotswood Road G5 D5 A5 To see the Blaydon Races D5 Now when we got to Paradise D5 There were bonny games begun A5 D5 There were four and twenty on the bus G5 D5 And how we danced and sung E5 A5 They called on me to sing a song D5 So I sang 'em 'Paddy Fagan' A5 D5 I danced a jig and I swung me twig G5 D5 The day I went to Blaydon A5 D5 Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin D5 A5 D5 Passing the folks along the road G5 D5 And all of them were starin' G5 E5 A5 All the lads and lasses there D5 They all had smilin' faces A5 D5 Gannin along the Scotswood Road G5 D5 A5 To see the Blaydon Races D5 The rain it poured down all the day D5 And made the ground quite muddy A5 D5 Coffee Johnny had a white hat on G5 D5 Shouted 'Wee stole the cuddy?' E5 A5 There were spice stalls and monkey shows D5 And old wives selling ciders A5 D5 And the chap on the ha'penny roundabout G5 D5 Saying 'Any more lads for riders?' A5 D5 Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin D5 A5 D5 Passing the folks along the road G5 D5 And all of them were starin' G5 E5 A5 All the lads and lasses there D5 They all had smilin' faces A5 D5 Gannin along the Scotswood Road G5 D5 A5 To see the Blaydon Races D5
