Byker Hill

Music: Irish Folk Song
Arrangement: Mitchell Sandler
Published: Hinshaw Music
Soprano: Kadee Crottier
Mezzo: Gilah Mashaal
Alto: Jenn Jensen
Tenor: Adam Cole
Bass: William Marth

If I had another penny
I would have another Jill
I would pay the piper play me
The bonny lass of Byker Hill

Byker Hill and Walker Shore
Collier lads forever more
Byker Hill and Walker Shore
Collier lads forever more

When first I came down to the dirt
I had no trousers, no pit shirt
Now I’ve gotten two or three
Oh, Walker Pit’s done well by me

Byker Hill and Walker Shore
Collier lads forever more
Byker Hill and Walker Shore
Collier lads forever more

The pitman and the keelman Trin
They drink bumbo make from gin
Then to dance they do begin
To the tune of Elsie Marley

Byker Hill and Walker Shore
Collier lads forever more
Byker Hill and Walker Shore
Collier lads forever more

Geordie Tarlton he had a pig
He hit it with a shovel and it danced a jig
All the way to Walker Shore
To the tune of Elsie Marley

Byker Hill and Walker Shore
Collier lads forever more
Byker Hill and Walker Shore
Collier lads forever more

Gentle Jenny she’s behind the barn
With a pint of ale underneath her arm
A pint of ale underneath her arm
And she feeds it to the baby

Byker Hill and Walker Shore
Collier lads forever more
Byker Hill and Walker Shore
Collier lads forever more