1
Ye gan ower the Busty fields to gan down the pit
Ye get your lamp out, ye gan in bye and there ye sit at the kist
The deputy says: “Your place is helded, ye’ll hev te gan strite on.”
I says te him: “What’s the matter me own?”; he says: “she canna gan on”
“I got sixteen out i’ the jud - Titty fal la titty fal lay
Aye by god she was good - Titty fal la titty fal lay
I come out te get a shaft, the timmer it gave a crack
And a stone fell on me back - Titty fal la, titty fal lay”
Tra la la la la laa, ower the wall is oot
2
“Ye sure te knaa me brother Bill he’s se full o’ wit
He’s got the job of puttin’ doon at the Busty pit
When he gans hymem at neet he’s like a droonded rat
Insteed of gannin’ upstairs te bed he lies doon on the mat
But he can put a hundred or more - Titty...
They pay him by the score - Titty...
He fills his tubs se quick, withoot any delay
But he can never find his pick - Titty...”
Tra la la la la laa, ower the wall is oot
3
Jack and Bill two marras wore in a public hoose
Ye talk aboot the cavels lad it wadent frighten a moose
Jack says ti Bill: “Aye by gox she’s hard
The tops is like bell metal but the bottoms is not se bad
Ye bugger I only got fower the day Titty...
I only got fower the day Titty...
If I’d getten another fower I was wishin the shift was ower
When the putter come off the way Titty...”
Tra la la la la laa, ower the wall is oot
4
“Why me name is Jackie Robinson me name I Dee advance
I drive a little gallowa’, they call him little chance
Two greasy feet, likewise a kickley back
And gannin’ ower the gannin boards he meks the chummins knack
We wor cummin’ aroond the torn - Titty...
Chancey wadent had on - Titty...
We cum roond the torn se quick, we cum off the way at the switch
Ye bugger we smashed the deputy’s kist Titty...”
Tra la la la la laa, ower the wall is oot
5
Now me and me wife and me mother-in-law went doon to the silvery sea
Me mother-in-law got into a boat, a sailor she wad be
She hadn’t gone a few yards when I hord her shout
Me mother-in-law fell into the watter and there she’s splashin’ aboot
She shouts: “Help I cannot swim” - Titty...
I says: “Nows’ thee time te learn” - Titty...
Me wife she says: “Ye hound, ye not gan to watch her drown?”
I says: “No, I’ll shut me eyes!” - Titty...
Tra la la la la laa, ower the wall is oot
6
One day when I was walkin’ down by the Jarrow shore
I met wi’ Jonty’s daughter she was standin’ at the door
She says te me: “Will ye hev a cup of tea?”
And after the way I spent that neet I swore I’d Dee it again
“I put me hand upon her calfs!” - Titty...
She says: “Divent Dee things be halves” Titty...
“Now I keeps her company, and she’s very fond of me
And I’m a bugger for tea!! - Titty...”
Tra la la la la laa, ower the wall is oot