The Dalesmans Litany
Christy Moore
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Am G Em It's hard when folks can't getAm G their work where they've been bredAm and bornAm G Em Am When I was young I used toG think I'd bide my time 'mid theAm roots and the cornF Am But I've been forced to flee theG town so here's my litanyAm G Em Am From Hull and Halifax and HellG Am good Lord deliver me [Verse 2]Am G Em Am When I was courting Mary AnneG Am the auld squire he said one dayAm G Em Am I've got no room for weddedG Am folk choose to wed or stayF Am I could not leave the girl IG loved so town we had to fleeAm G Em Am From Hull and Halifax and HellG Am good Lord deliver me [Verse 3]Continúa después del anuncioAm G I've worked in Leeds andEm Am Huddersfield where I've addledG Am honest brassAm G Em In Bradford, Keightley,Am G Am Rotherham, I've kept my bairns and lassF Am I've travelled all three ridingsG round and once I've been to seaAm G Em Am From Hull and Halifax and HellG Am good Lord deliver me [Verse 4]Am G Em I've been through SheffieldAm G lanes at night 'twere just likeAm being in hellAm G Em The furnaces thrust out tonguesAm G of flame that roared like windAm o'er the fellF Am I've sammed up coal in BarnsleyG pit with muck up to my kneeAm G Em Am From Hull and Halifax and HellG Am good Lord deliver me [Verse 5]Am G Em I've seen grey fog creep o'erAm G Am Leeds Brig as thick as Bastille soupAm G Em I've been where folks are stowedAm G Am away like rabbits in a coupF Am I've seen snow fall on BradfordG Beck as black as ebonyAm G Em Am From Hull and Halifax and HellG Am good Lord deliver me [Verse 6]Am G Em But now my children all haveAm G Am flown to the country I'll go backAm G Em There'll be forty miles ofAm G heathery moor 'twixt me and theAm coal pit slackF Am And oft at night as I sit roundG the fire I'll think of the miseryAm G Em Am From Hull and Halifax and HellG Am good lord deliver me