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lirik lagu frank harte - building up and tearing england down

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[verse 1]
i have one hero’s name with mcalpine and costain
with fitzpatrick, murphy, ash and the wimpey’s gang
and i’ve been often on the road on me way to draw the dole
when there’s nothing left to do for johnny lang
now i used to think that god made the mixer, pick and hod
so that paddy might know h~ll above the ground
and i’ve had gangers big and tough
tell me tear that hole out rough
when you’re building up and tearing england down

[verse 2]
in a tunnel underground a young limerick man was found
he was built into the new victoria line
and when the bonus gang had passed sticking from a concrete cast
was the face of little charlie joe devine
and the ganger man mcgurk, “ah, big paddy hates to work”
when the gas main blew and he flew off the ground
well they say he said, “don’t slack!
i’ll not be there until i’m back
keep on building up and tearing england down!”

[verse 3]
i was on the hydro dam on the day that jack mccann
he got the better of his stammer in a week
he fell from that shuttering jamb
and that poor auld stuttering man
he was never ever more inclined to speak
and i saw auld b~lls mccall from the big flyover fall
into a concrete mixer spinning round
and though it wasn’t his intent he got a fine head of cement
when he was building up and tearing england down
[verse 4]
i remember carrier jack with his hod upon his back
how he one day swore he’d set the world on fire
but his face we’ve never seen
since his shovel it cut clean
through the middle of a big high tension wire
and no more like robin hood will he roam through cricklewood
or dance around the pubs in camden town
ah, but let no man complain, sure no pat will die in shame
when he’s building up and tearing england down

[verse 5]
so come all you navvies bold, who do think that english gold
is just waiting to be taken from each sod
or the likes of you and could never get an obe
or a knighthood for good service to the hod
they have a concrete master~race for to keep you in your place
and a ganger man to kick you to the ground
if you ever try to take part of what the bosses make
when you’re building up and tearing england down


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