[00:00.19]Roving Navvy - The Spinners
[00:00.77]Lyrics by：Traditional
[00:01.24]Composed by：Traditional
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[00:06.99]My name is Geordie Thompson I'm a loud to great renown
[00:10.50]Known all along the cut and in the nearby towns
[00:14.04]A gallon of ale two pounds of beef I have every day
[00:17.66]And when my work is finished it's a half-crown for my pay
[00:20.99]So it's dig boys load boys then haul away
[00:25.06]Digging up the cut my lads up Manchester way
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[00:32.04]I've cut the turf for many a mile
[00:33.85]And shovelled up the dirt
[00:35.49]I've picked my way through frozen
[00:36.82]Earth trap on the in my shirt
[00:38.97]I've lay 'neath the burning sun
[00:40.77]Digging out the clay
[00:42.45]To trim away the levels all along the waterway
[00:45.79]So dig boys load boys then haul away
[00:49.73]Digging up the cut my lads up Manchester way
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[00:56.74]I've had my share of randies you can
[00:58.75]Tell that by my scars
[01:00.21]And I've done my share of porter drinking in the public bars
[01:03.78]I've laboured mortal drunk on a cold Octobers day
[01:07.25]And staggered 'till I've nearly fell into the waterway
[01:10.64]So dig boys load boys then haul away
[01:14.59]Digging up the cut my lads up Manchester way
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[01:18.16]I had my share of women in many a shanty town
[01:21.61]'Cause I reckon' if I could chat to them
[01:23.30]I could always bend them down
[01:25.18]But if I could live my life again this I always say
[01:28.72]A Roving Navvy I would be along the water way
[01:32.09]So dig boys load boys then haul away
[01:36.09]Digging up the cut my lads up Manchester way
[01:39.35]So dig boys load boys then haul away
[01:43.30]Digging up the cut my lads up Manchester way