Saxon Shilling Lyrics

School day's over come on then John,Time to be getting your pit boots on,On with your sark and moleskin trousers,Time you were on your way,Time you were learning the pit man's job,...Read Full Lyrics

Was walking down at Dublin Street one morningBefore the sun had roust the breeze to shake the flagsI looked at all those people asleep in drafty doorwaysKeeping warm beneath old ca...Read Full Lyrics

Some say that kissing's a sinBut tell me how can that be true?For kissing has been in this worldSince the very first day there was twoNow if it was illegal then the lawyers, they w...Read Full Lyrics

Me loyal subjects" sez sheHere's my best respect, sez sheAnd I'm proud this day, sez sheOf the elegant way, sez sheThat you gave me the hand, sez sheWhen I come to the land, sez sh...Read Full Lyrics

Dear Sir, I write this note to you to tell you of me plightAnd at the time of writing I am not a pretty sightMe body is all black and blue, me face a deathly grayAnd I write this n...Read Full Lyrics

Oh father dear, I oft-times hear you speak of Erin's isleHer lofty hills, her valleys green, her mountains rude and wildThey say she is a lovely land wherein a saint might dwellSo ...Read Full Lyrics

Smith was a Bristol man and a rare old sort was heWith his cutlass and his pistols, heave-ya hoHe'd a noble crew of cut-throats who used to scour the seaA plunderin' and a robbin',...Read Full Lyrics

Walking all the daynear tall towers where falcons build their nestsSilver wings they fly,They know the call for freedom in their breasts,Saw Black Head against the skyWhere twisted...Read Full Lyrics

The Iron road's a hard road and the work is never endingWorking night and day on the iron wayWe're the boys who keep the engines rollingYou sigh on at the loco shed, they put you t...Read Full Lyrics

In South Australia I was born To me heave away, haul away In South Australia round Cape Horn [Chorus] We're bound for South Australia Haul away you rolling kings To me heave away,...Read Full Lyrics