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