Here Come the Navvies
by Ian Campbell |
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I am a navigational and come from County Cork And I had to leave my native land to find a job of work The crops were bad in Ireland and the tax too much to pay So here I am in England digging up the water way. Here come the navvies, out to earn their pay We work with barrow, plough and spade to clear the cut away And when we put the puddle in, with sweat we wet the clay And we scar the face of England for to make the waterway Once I was a ploughman and I did a decent job I worked from dawn 'til darkness just to earn a couple o' bob But when the praties died on us I couldn't pay me way And so here I am in England ploughing up the waterway The lads who built the waterway we are a motley crew And when we've sweated all day long, we like a drink or two The local folk don't take to us, but still I'm proud to say In years to come our monument will be the waterway |
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Tune : Little Beggarman Recorded on : 
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