The Blaydon Races; A Geordie folk song. I went to Blaydon Races D Twas on the ninth of June A7 D Eighteen Hundred and Sixty Two G D On a summer's afternoon E7 A7 I took the bus from Balmbras D And she was heavy laden A7 D Away we went along Collingwood Street G D That's on the Road to Blaydon A7 D Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin D A7 D Passing the folks along the road G D And all of them were starin' G E7 A All the lads and lasses there D They all had smilin' faces A7 D Gannin along the Scotswood Road G D A7 To see the Blaydon Races D We flew past Armstrong's factory D And up by the Robin Adair A7 D But gannin ower the Railway Bridge G D The bus wheel flew off there E7 A7 The lasses lost their crinolines D And veils that hide their faces A7 D I got two black eyes and a broken nose G D In gannin to Blaydon Races A7 D Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin D A7 D Passing the folks along the road G D And all of them were starin' G E7 A All the lads and lasses there D They all had smilin' faces A7 D Gannin along the Scotswood Road G D A7 To see the Blaydon Races D Now when we got the wheel back on D Away we went again A7 D But them that had their noses broke G D They went back ower hyem E7 A7 Some went to the dispensary D And some to Doctor Gibbses A7 D And some to the infirmary G D To mend their broken ribses A7 D Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin D A7 D Passing the folks along the road G D And all of them were starin' G E7 A All the lads and lasses there D They all had smilin' faces A7 D Gannin along the Scotswood Road G D A7 To see the Blaydon Races D We flew across the Tyne Bridge D And came to Blaydon Toon A7 D The barman he was calling then G D They called him Jackie Broon E7 A7 I saw him talking to some chaps D And them he was persuadin' A7 D To gan and see Geordie Ridley's show G D At the Mechanics' Hall in Blaydon A7 D Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin D A7 D Passing the folks along the road G D And all of them were starin' G E7 A All the lads and lasses there D They all had smilin' faces A7 D Gannin along the Scotswood Road G D A7 To see the Blaydon Races D Now when we got to Paradise D There were bonny games begun A7 D There were four and twenty on the bus G D And how we danced and sung E7 A7 They called on me to sing a song D So I sang 'em 'Paddy Fagan' A7 D I danced a jig and I swung me twig G D The day I went to Blaydon A7 D Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin D A7 D Passing the folks along the road G D And all of them were starin' G E7 A All the lads and lasses there D They all had smilin' faces A7 D Gannin along the Scotswood Road G D A7 To see the Blaydon Races D The rain it poured down all the day D And made the ground quite muddy A7 D Coffee Johnny had a white hat on G D Shouted 'Wee stole the cuddy?' E7 A7 There were spice stalls and monkey shows D And old wives selling ciders A7 D And the chap on the ha'penny roundabout G D Saying 'Any more lads for riders?' A7 D Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin D A7 D Passing the folks along the road G D And all of them were starin' G E7 A All the lads and lasses there D They all had smilin' faces A7 D Gannin along the Scotswood Road G D A7 To see the Blaydon Races D
