Why Aye Man

We had no way of staying afloat

We had to leave on the ferry boat

Economic refugees

On the run to Germany

We had the back of Maggie's hand

Times were tough in Geordieland

We got wor tools and working gear

And humped it all from Newcastle to here

Why aye man, why aye, why aye man

Why aye man, why aye, why aye man

Why aye man, why aye, why aye man

Why aye man, why aye, why aye man

We're the nomad tribes, travelling boys (Why aye, why aye man)

In the dust and dirt, in the racket and noise (Why aye, why aye man)

Drills and hammers, diggers and picks (Why aye, why aye man)

Mixing concrete, laying bricks (Why aye, why aye man)

There's English, Irish, Scots, the lot

United Nation's what we've got

Brickies, chippies, every trade

German building, British-made

Why aye man, why aye, why aye man

Why aye man, why aye, why aye man

Why aye man, why aye, why aye man

(Why aye man)

Why aye man, why aye, why aye man

(Why aye man)

Nae more work on Maggie's farm

Hadaway down the Autobahn

Mine's a portacabin bed

Or a bunk in a Nissen hut instead

There's plenty Deutschmarks here to earn (Why aye, why aye man)

And German tarts are wunderschön (Why aye, why aye man)

German beer is chemical-free (Why aye, why aye man)

Germany's alreet with me (Why aye, why aye man)

Sometimes I miss my River Tyne

But you're my pretty Fräulein

Tonight we'll drink the old town dry

Keep wor spirit levels high

Why aye man, why aye, why aye man

Why aye man, why aye, why aye man

Why aye man, why aye, why aye man

Why aye man, why aye, why aye man

(Why aye man)

Sometimes I miss my River Tyne

But you're my pretty Fräulein

Tonight we'll drink the old town dry

Keep wor spirit levels high

Sometimes I miss my River Tyne

But you're my pretty Fräulein

Tonight we'll drink the old town dry

Keep my spirit levels high