Big River

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walking on cobbled stones, 
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little bits of skin and bone
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jumping on a tram car for a ride
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I can remember then, as I was just a
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 boy of ten
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hanging around the old quayside
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now all the capstans and the cargo 
boats
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and stevadores are gone
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to where all the old ships go
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but memories just like the seas 
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live on

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that was when coal was king,
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the river a living thing
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and I was just a boy, but it was 
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mine,
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the  coaly tyne

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for this was a big river,
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I want you all to know that I was 
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proud
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this was a big river, but that 
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was long ago,
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that's not now,                 
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that's not now


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my father was a working man,
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he earned our living with his hands
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he had to cross the river every 
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day
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he picked up a union card out of
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 the Neptune yard
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mouths to feed and bills to 
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pay
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there came a time for him to 
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sail across the sea   and far away
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finally when the war was won

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you   brought him home and home
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 he stayed


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and when his days were done, 
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under a golden sun
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you took him back to where he 
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longed to be,
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      Back       to the sea

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for this was a big river,
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I want you all to know that I was 
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proud
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this was a big river, but that 
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was long ago,
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that's not now,                 
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that's not now


Repeat Intro


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the Neptune was the last to go,
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I heard it on my radio
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and then they played the latest 
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number one
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but wadda they do all day?
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and what are they supposed to say?
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what does a father tell his son?
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if you you believe that there's a 
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bond between our future and our past
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try to hold on to what we had,
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we     build them strong, we 
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build to last


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'cause this is a mighty town, 
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built upon a solid ground
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and everything they tried so hard
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 to kill,
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we      will rebuild


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for this was a big river
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I want you all to know I'm so very
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 proud
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this was a big river, but that 
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was long ago,
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that's not now
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and this is a big big river,
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and in my heart I know it will 
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rise again
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the river will rise again
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