Here is a special sea shanty written with co-operation of Year 7 students and performed exclusively by local musician Benny Graham on our recent Super Learning Day, accompanied by photographs from the Creative Arts and Photography groups.
The lyrics are printed below for anyone who wants to sing along!
Cold North Sea
There’s a cold east wind a blowin’
We’re Rollin down theTyne.
Rollin’ to the Cold North Sea.
Tides a turnin’,must be goin’,
We’re rollin’ down the Tyne.
Rollin’ to the Cold north Sea.
Pots are weighted, lines are baited.
We’re Rollin down theTyne.
Rollin’ to the Cold North Sea.
Water’s right, the fish are waitin’,
We’re Rollin down theTyne
Rollin’ to the Cold North Sea.
The shipyard cranes are swinging,
We’re rolling down the Tyne.
Rolling to the cold North Sea.
Steel and hammers ringing,
We’re rolling down the Tyne.
Rolling to the cold North Sea.
Submarines, Destroyers.
We’re rolling down the Tyne.
Rolling to the cold North Sea
Oil rigs and wind farms,
We’re rolling down the Tyne.
Rolling to the cold North Sea.
Keel boats down from Dunston,
We’re rolling down the Tyne.
Rolling to the cold North Sea.
Vanished into history, never to return.
Rolling to the cold North Sea.
The old trades have all perished,
We’re rolling down the Tyne.
Rolling to the cold North Sea.
Now the ferries and the tourists
They’re rollin’ down the Tyne.
Rolling to the cold North Sea.
