Byker Hill from Westlin Winds by The Wilderness Yet

If I had another penny,

I would have another gill;

I would make the piper play

The Bonny Lads o’ Byker Hill.

Byker Hill and Walker Shore,

Collier lads for evermore

Byker Hill and Walker Shore,

Collier lads for evermore!

The pitman and the keelman trim,

They drink bumble made from gin.

Then to dance they do begin

To the tune of Elsie Marley.

When first I went down to the dirt

I had no cowl nor no pitshirt

Now I’ve got them two or three

Walker Pit’s done well by me

Geordie Charlton, had a pig,

Hit it with a shovel it danced a jig,

All the way to Walker Shore

To the tune of Elsie Marley.

• Folk
• folksong
• irish traditional music
• traditional
• traditional folk
• vocal harmony
• United Kingdom