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Let Union Be
08:18
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Let Union Be
Come me lads, now let's be jolly,
Drive away dull melancholy
For to grieve it is such folly
When we're met together
CH:
Let union be, in all our hearts,
And let our hearts be joined as one.
We'll end the day as we've begun,
We'll end it all in pleasure.
Whack-folla-rolla-rolla-toora-laro
Whack-folla-rolla-rolla-toora-laro
Whack-folla-rolla-rolla-toora-laro
When we're met together
Grab the bottle as it passes,
Do not fail to fill your glasses
Water drinkers are dull arses
When we're me together
Solomon in all his glory,
Told each wife a different story.
In our cups we'll sing his glory,
When we're met together
Eating and drinking they're so charming,
Dancing and piping there's no harm in.
All these things take great delight in,
When we're met together.
Cease from quarrelling and fighting
Evil speaking and backbiting,
All these things take no delight in,
When we're met together.
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Rolling Down The River
04:14
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Rolling Down the River
(Rolling Up, Rolling Down)
I once was a rigger & I worked like hell
Rolling up, rolling down
But now I’m working with the OCL
And go rolling down the river
Rolling up, rolling down,
We’ll all get drunk in Tilbury Town
In twenty four hours we'll turn around
And go rolling down the river
The work is good and the wages fine
When you take a trip on a container line
The cargo comes in TEUs
That's a twenty-foot box boys filled with booze
When I first saw a TEU
I wondered where they stored the crew
There’s a Tilbury girl called Kettle Jane,
First on the boil then off again,
She’s got a friend called Teapot Anne
When she's well brewed she'll take a man
Those Tilbury girls go round in pairs
You'll never catch them unawares
But at the dockyard gates when the work is done
You can pick 'em up boys, one by one
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Eliza Lee
06:00
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Eliza Lee
Oh, the smartest ship you e'er will find,
Ah hey, ah, are you most done?
Is the old Balmoral of the White Funnel Line,
Clear away the track and let the bulgine run.
CH:
To me hey, rig a jig in a jaunting car,
Ah hey, ah, are you most done?
With Eliza Lee all on my knee,
Clear away the track and let the bulgine run.
Oh, the old Balmoral of the White Funnel Line,
She's never a day behind her time.
Oh, we're outward bound for New York town,
Them Bowery girls we'll waltz around.
When we've stowed our freight on the Broad Quay Pier,
It's homeward bound for Bristol Beer
Oh them Bowery girls will give us fun,
Chatham Square dives is home from home.
When we all gets back to Bristol town,
I'll stand ye ciders all around.
Oh in Bristol town them girls hang round,
It's there me Liza will be found,
Oh when I gets home across the sea,
Eliza will you marry me?
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Whistling Treason Bristol, UK
Dubplate-folk, Soundsystem Trad, Acoustic or Valve Powered, Global Confusion. Whatever I feel
like.
As guitarist with RSVP Bhangra and Malarchy, I've played countless major festivals across Britain and Europe, including Glastonbury & Womad.
What started out as a strictly folk project has expanded wildly, to incorporate tunes from around the world, original compositions, and a whole lot of dub.
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