The Trip by Gezz Overington Recorded by Steve Gardham I rise at all hours so early in the morn While the streets are still empty, afore the day starts to dawn; For the last twenty years that’s how I’ve earnt me pay, For the last twenty years on the ould waterway. I roll out o’ bed and I pull on me clothes, Stumble downstairs, it’s so chilly and cold, Pull on me topcoat as the clock starts to strike, Then I pick up me bait and I’m off on me bike. Chorus : Working the Aire and Calder Navigation Canal, The work it is hard but we don’t give a damn; We bring down the coal by night and by day, That’s how we earn our living on the ould waterway. Well it isn’t too long ‘fore I’m on board the tug, Down in the cabin, so warm and so snug; I put on the kettle to boil up a brew, Then I sit down and wait for the rest of the crew. When the lads come on board, why, there’s no time to shirk, Ould Bill the engineer gets the engine to work; The jebus is fastened tight up to the bow; The pans are chained up and we take ’em in tow. There’s nineteen empties to take up this trip, To be filled up wi’ coal from a South Yorkshire pit, Six-hundred tons of Yorkshire’s black gold To be carried abroad in a collier ship’s hold. When the tug she is ready then the long trip is on; We travel through Sykehouse and then Barnby Dun; We tie up in Doncaster just before noon, Then it’s off into town for a pint or two. When the pans are all full then we’re heading for Goole; It takes between four and five hours as a rule, To work the canal and to haul through the locks, Then we moor the Tom Puddings by the hoist in the docks. That’s one more day’s work and one more day’s pay, One more day travelling the ould waterway, Then I’m on me way home for a bite and a kip Then it’s up before daybreak to start the next trip More details about the subject of this song can be found on the Yorkshire Garland website where an abc file of the tune and pdf of the lyrics are also available. Recorded on :
The Trip by Gezz Overington Recorded by Steve Gardham I rise at all hours so early in the morn While the streets are still empty, afore the day starts to dawn; For the last twenty years that’s how I’ve earnt me pay, For the last twenty years on the ould waterway. I roll out o’ bed and I pull on me clothes, Stumble downstairs, it’s so chilly and cold, Pull on me topcoat as the clock starts to strike, Then I pick up me bait and I’m off on me bike. Chorus : Working the Aire and Calder Navigation Canal, The work it is hard but we don’t give a damn; We bring down the coal by night and by day, That’s how we earn our living on the ould waterway. Well it isn’t too long ‘fore I’m on board the tug, Down in the cabin, so warm and so snug; I put on the kettle to boil up a brew, Then I sit down and wait for the rest of the crew. When the lads come on board, why, there’s no time to shirk, Ould Bill the engineer gets the engine to work; The jebus is fastened tight up to the bow; The pans are chained up and we take ’em in tow. There’s nineteen empties to take up this trip, To be filled up wi’ coal from a South Yorkshire pit, Six-hundred tons of Yorkshire’s black gold To be carried abroad in a collier ship’s hold. When the tug she is ready then the long trip is on; We travel through Sykehouse and then Barnby Dun; We tie up in Doncaster just before noon, Then it’s off into town for a pint or two. When the pans are all full then we’re heading for Goole; It takes between four and five hours as a rule, To work the canal and to haul through the locks, Then we moor the Tom Puddings by the hoist in the docks. That’s one more day’s work and one more day’s pay, One more day travelling the ould waterway, Then I’m on me way home for a bite and a kip Then it’s up before daybreak to start the next trip More details about the subject of this song can be found on the Yorkshire Garland website where an abc file of the tune and pdf of the lyrics are also available. Recorded on :
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