Misc Traditional – The Blaydon Races (Ukulele)

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The Blaydon Races; A Geordie folk song. Sung at Newcastle United Football Matches...HOWAY THE LADS! I went to Blaydon Races

C
Twas on the ninth of June

G7	              C
Eighteen Hundred and Sixty Two

F	             C
On a summer's afternoon

D7	       G7
I took the bus from Balmbras

C
And she was heavy laden

G7	            C
Away we went along Collingwood Street

F	             C
That's on the Road to Blaydon

G7 C Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin

C	          G7	            C
Passing the folks along the road

F	             C
And all of them were starin'

F  D7            G
All the lads and lasses there

C
They all had smilin' faces

G7                            C
Gannin along the Scotswood Road

F	C  G7
To see the Blaydon Races

C We flew past Armstrong's factory

C
And up by the Robin Adair

G7	   C
But gannin ower the Railway Bridge

F	       C
The bus wheel flew off there

D7	G7
The lasses lost their crinolines

C
And veils that hide their faces

G7	C
I got two black eyes and a broken nose

F	    C
In gannin to Blaydon Races

G7 C Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin

C	G7	C
Passing the folks along the road

F	C
And all of them were starin'

F      D7            G
All the lads and lasses there

C
They all had smilin' faces

G7                            C
Gannin along the Scotswood Road

F	C  G7
To see the Blaydon Races

C Now when we got the wheel back on

C
Away we went again

G7	   C
But them that had their noses broke

F	       C
They went back ower hyem

D7	G7
Some went to the dispensary

C
And some to Doctor Gibbses

G7	C
And some to the infirmary

F	    C
To mend their broken ribses

G7 C Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin

C	G7	C
Passing the folks along the road

F	C
And all of them were starin'

F      D7            G
All the lads and lasses there

C
They all had smilin' faces

G7                            C
Gannin along the Scotswood Road

F	C  G7
To see the Blaydon Races

C We flew across the Tyne Bridge

C
And came to Blaydon Toon

G7	   C
The barman he was calling then

F	       C
They called him Jackie Broon

D7	G7
I saw him talking to some chaps

C
And them he was persuadin'

G7	C
To gan and see Geordie Ridley's show

F	    C
At the Mechanics' Hall in Blaydon

G7 C Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin

C	G7	C
Passing the folks along the road

F	C
And all of them were starin'

F      D7            G
All the lads and lasses there

C
They all had smilin' faces

G7                            C
Gannin along the Scotswood Road

F	C  G7
To see the Blaydon Races

C Now when we got to Paradise

C
There were bonny games begun

G7	   C
There were four and twenty on the bus

F	       C
And how we danced and sung

D7	G7
They called on me to sing a song

C
So I sang 'em 'Paddy Fagan'

G7	C
I danced a jig and I swung me twig

F	    C
The day I went to Blaydon

G7 C Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin

C	G7	C
Passing the folks along the road

F	C
And all of them were starin'

F      D7            G
All the lads and lasses there

C
They all had smilin' faces

G7                            C
Gannin along the Scotswood Road

F	C  G7
To see the Blaydon Races

C The rain it poured down all the day

C
And made the ground quite muddy

G7	   C
Coffee Johnny had a white hat on

F	       C
Shouted 'Wee stole the cuddy?'

D7	G7
There were spice stalls and monkey shows

C
And old wives selling ciders

G7	C
And the chap on the ha'penny roundabout

F	    C
Saying 'Any more lads for riders?'

G7 C Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin

C	G7	C
Passing the folks along the road

F	C
And all of them were starin'

F      D7            G
All the lads and lasses there

C
They all had smilin' faces

G7                            C
Gannin along the Scotswood Road

F	C  G7
To see the Blaydon Races