The Auld Triangle [BBC John Peel Show] Lyrics

Dear dirty London in the pouring rain I wish to God I was back on the sea again Though that belongs to the world of never will be There was never a wilder bastard than me on the se...Read Full Lyrics

In the rosy parks of England We'll sit and have a drink Of VP wine and cider 'til we can hardly think And we'll go where the spirits take us To heaven or to hell And kick up bloody...Read Full Lyrics

Oh Kitty, My Darling, remember That the doom will be mine if I stay 'Tis far better to part, though it's hard to Than to rot in their prison away 'Tis far better to part, though it...Read Full Lyrics

Billy ran around with the rare old crew And he knew an arsenal from Tottenham blue We'd be a darn sight better of if we knew Where Billy's bones are resting now Billy saw a copper ...Read Full Lyrics

When I first came to London I was only sixteen With a fiver in my pocket and my ole dancing bag I went down to the dilly to check out the scene And i soon ended up on the old main ...Read Full Lyrics

Well, Jimmy played harmonica in the pub where I was born He played it from the night time to the peaceful early morn He soothed the souls of psychos and the men who had the horn An...Read Full Lyrics

I come old friend from Hell tonight Across the rotting sea Nor the nails of the cross Nor the blood of Christ Can bring you help this eve The dead have come to claim a debt from th...Read Full Lyrics

As I walked down by the riverside One evening in the spring Heard a long gone song From days gone by Blown in on the great North wind Though there is no lonesome corncrake's cry O...Read Full Lyrics

I met with Napper Tandy And I shook him by the hand He said "Hold me up for Chrissake For I can hardly stand" The most disgraceful journey On which I've ever been The last time tha...Read Full Lyrics

Across the dark and dusty plain Where scars of old dry rivers run Night unfolds, a coal black shroud Across the hard and stony ground Distant stars shining bright In the cavern of...Read Full Lyrics