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materialeyes - eric upon tweed lyrics

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born of the seed of a man of the earth
sown in the soil of an earlier time
raised on the promise of a better tomorrow

free of the toil and the dirt and the grime
the young lad′s dad was a miner
digging a hole, digging for coal
he thought he’d get through to china through the core

eric was woken at a quarter to four
sleep in his eyes, mum at the door, she said
“follow your dad down to the mine
do as he says and things will work out fine
but don′t let those dirty miners
poo in your snap, put grease on your chap
sorry dear but that’s the way they are”
eric was the seed

harry mcginley was a bit of a drinker
down at the pub on a sat+rday night
often said not much of a thinker
more often than not he’d get into a fight
and then he′d take it out on mary
lying in bed, holding her head
harry had his demons that′s for sure

wide awake in the middle of the night
he peered in through the crack in the door
when he saw his mother crying
he couldn’t hold the rage any more
and then he laid into old harry
lying in bed, holding his head
didn′t stop ’til mary cried, “no more”
eric he agreed

eric was woken at a quarter to eight
mum at his side, with tears in her eyes, she said
“eric my love i′ve been saving some money
you better go before he awakes
i’ve got a sister sue
north of the tyne, i′ve sent her a line
eric don’t come back here for a while”

left the train south of the border
took the paper in his hand
made his way to auntie suzie’s
went along with mary′s plan. she said
“eric how you′ve grown
come on inside, this is your home
we’ll get along just fine now you and i
in berwick+upon+tweed”

auntie suzie had a lodger
worked the boats out on the sea
with a toothless smile he winked at eric
“come on lad now follow me”
they set off with the tide
managed to keep breakfast inside
safely back at sue′s for half past three

suzie’s lodger had a daughter
quick to smile and fair of face
came from a land north of the border
in eric′s mind a different race
she gave the lad a dram
opened his eyes, made him a man
he didn’t understand a word she said
eric upon tweed

“eric my love, your daddy is dying
you better go before it′s too late”
there he found his mother crying
contemplating harry’s fate
she led hin to his room
lying in bed resting his head
harry beckoned eric to his side

and then he said

“come here lad you little b+st+rd
the last you had the best of me
if i hadn’t been so plastered
i′d have knocked ten bells out of you, anyhow
how′ve you been?
you’re looking fine, a true son of mine
eric i′m so very proud of you
my eric upon tweed”

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