The Blaydon Races

The Blaydon Races. Capo on 2 (optional). INTRO G D A7 D VERSE D I went to Blaydon Races A7 D Twas on the ninth of June G D Eighteen Hundred and Sixty Two E7 A7 On a summer's afternoon D I took the bus from Balmbras A7 D And she was heavy laden G D Away we went along Collingwood Street A7 D That's on the Road to Blaydon [Refrão]D A7 D Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin G D Passing the folks along the road E7 A7 And all of them were starin' D All the lads and lasses there A7 D They all had smilin' faces G D Gannin along the Scotswood Road A7 D To see the Blaydon Races VERSE D We flew past Armstrong's factory A7 D And up by the Robin Adair G D But gannin ower the Railway Bridge E7 A7 The bus wheel flew off there D The lasses lost their crinolenes A7 D And veils that hide their faces G D I got two black eyes and a broken nose A7 D In gannin to Blaydon Races [Refrão]D A7 D Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin G D Passing the folks along the road E7 A7 And all of them were starin' D All the lads and lasses there A7 D They all had smilin' faces G D Gannin along the Scotswood Road A7 D To see the Blaydon Races VERSE D Now when we got the wheel back on A7 D Away we went again G D But them that had their noses broke E7 A7 They went back ower hyem D Some went to the dispensary A7 D And some to Doctor Gibbses G D And some to the infirmary A7 D To mend their broken ribses [Refrão]D A7 D Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin G D Passing the folks along the road E7 A7 And all of them were starin' D All the lads and lasses there A7 D They all had smilin' faces G D Gannin along the Scotswood Road A7 D To see the Blaydon Races VERSE D We flew across the Tyne Bridge A7 D And came to Blaydon Toon G D The barman he was calling then E7 A7 They called him Jackie Broon D I saw him talking to some chaps A7 D And them he was persuadin' G D To gan and see Geordie Ridley's show A7 D At the Mechanics' Hall in Blaydon [Refrão]D A7 D Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin G D Passing the folks along the road E7 A7 And all of them were starin' D All the lads and lasses there A7 D They all had smilin' faces G D Gannin along the Scotswood Road A7 D To see the Blaydon Races VERSE D Now when we got to Paradise A7 D There were bonny games begun G D There were four and twenty on the bus E7 A7 And how we danced and sung D They called on me to sing a song A7 D So I sang 'em 'Paddy Fagan' G D I danced a jig and I swung me twig A7 D The day I went to Blaydon [Refrão]D A7 D Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin G D Passing the folks along the road E7 A7 And all of them were starin' D All the lads and lasses there A7 D They all had smilin' faces G D Gannin along the Scotswood Road A7 D To see the Blaydon Races VERSE D The rain it poured down all the day A7 D And made the ground quite muddy G D Coffee Johnny had a white hat on E7 A7 Shouted 'Wee stole the cuddy?' D There were spice stalls and monkey shows A7 D And old wives selling ciders G D And the chap on the ha'penny roundabout A7 D Saying 'Any more lads for riders?' [Refrão]D A7 D Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin G D Passing the folks along the road E7 A7 And all of them were starin' D All the lads and lasses there A7 D They all had smilin' faces G D Gannin along the Scotswood Road A7 D To see the Blaydon Races!