Source: FOOTYMAD
Twas On The 9th Of June ...
How could we let June 9th go by without a reference to our anthem? Happy Blaydon Races Day to all Toon fans. It's not an official holiday ... but the bugger should be! The Blaydon Races(Geordie Ridley) I went to Blaydon RacesTwas on the ninth of JuneEighteen Hundred and Sixty TwoOn a summer's afternoonI took the bus from BalmbrasAnd she was heavy ladenAway we went along Collingwood StreetThat's on the Road to Blaydon Oh me lads, you should've seen us ganninPassing the folks along the roadAnd all of them were starin'All the lads and lasses thereThey all had smilin' facesGannin along the Scotswood RoadTo see the Blaydon Races We flew past Armstrong's factoryAnd up by the Robin AdairBut gannin ower the Railway BridgeThe bus wheel flew off thereThe lasses lost their crinolenesAnd veils that hide their facesI got two black eyes and a broken noseIn gannin to Blaydon Races Oh me lads... Now when we got the wheel back onAway we went againBut them that had their noses brokeThey went back ower hyemSome went to the dispensaryAnd some to Doctor GibbsesAnd some to the infirmaryTo mend their broken ribses Oh me lads... We flew across the Tyne BridgeAnd came to Blaydon ToonThe barman he was calling thenThey called him Jackie BroonI saw him talking to some chapsAnd them he was persuadin'To gan and see Geordie Ridley's showAt the Mechanics' Hall in Blaydon Oh me lads... Now when we got to ParadiseThere were bonny games begunThere were four and twenty on the busAnd how we danced and sungThey called on me to sing a songSo I sang 'em 'Paddy Fagan'I danced a jig and I swung me twigThe day I went to Blaydon Oh me lads... The rain it poured down all the dayAnd made the ground quite muddyCoffee Johnny had a white hat onShouted 'Wee stole the cuddy?'There were spice stalls and monkey showsAnd old wives selling cidersAnd the chap on the ha'penny roundaboutSaying 'Any more lads for riders?' Oh me lads... (to fade)
