The Great Ships letra

In the city of Glesga 'twas aye oan the kerds
If ye lived near the river ye'd work in the yerds
The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes
Were the muckle great cranes that reached up tae the skies

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Where we built the great ships of iron and steel
The Lizzies, the Mary, we built them right here
We built the great ships, the pride o' the sea
But noo there is nae work for me
And who wid believe that we built the great ships?

At the end o' the forties apprenticed was I
Tae the cream of the welders by the name o' MacKay
"Ye've twa lugs and ane gob so listen, nae lip
And I'll show youse young lads how we build the great ships."

Chorus

There's scarcely a ship noo and blessed few men
As the river runs silent through Silicon Glen
For an auld clapped oot welder ye'll no get much thanks
Noo there's fish in the river and chips oan its banks

Chorus

The Tannahill Weavers - Letras

• A Night Visitor's Song
• Aikendrum
• Are Ye Sleeping Maggie?
• At the End of a Pointed Gun
• Auld Lang Syne
• Birnie Bouzle
• Bonnie Was Yon Rosie Briar
• Braw Burn the Bridges
• Bustles and Bonnets
• Cam Ye by Atholl
• Cam' Ye O'er Frae France
• Captain Ward
• Come Under My Plaidie
• Craigieburn Wood
• Dark Eyed Molly
• Drink A Round
• Dumbarton's Drums
• Fareweel You Silver Darlins
• Farewell to Fiunary
• Fisher Row
• Grat For Gruel
• Hame
• Harris and the Mare
• Helen Of Kirkconnell
• Hieland Harry
• I Once Loved a Lass
• It Was All For Our Rightful King
• Jamie Raeburn's Farewell
• Jock Stewart
• Johnnie Cope
• Joy of My Heart
• Lady Dysie
• Lady Mary Anne
• Land of Light
• Lassie wi the Lintwhite Locks
• Last May a Braw Wooer
• Logie o Buchan
• Maggie Lauder
• Malley Leigh
• Marie Christine
• Mary Morrison
• My Love's in Germanie
• Ower the Hills and Faur Awa
• Ower the Moor Amang the Heather
• Rich Man's Silver
• Robin Tamson's Smiddy
• The American Stranger
• The Athol Gathering
• The Bergen
• The Braes o' Balquhidder
• The Braes o' Gleniffer
• The Brewer Laddie
• The Cuillins of Rhum
• The Ewie wi' the Crookit Horn
• The Final Trawl
• The Gallant Shearers
• The Great Ships
• The Gypsy Laddie
• The Laird O Cockpen
• The Overgate
• The Plooboy Laddies
• The Queen Amang the Heather
• The Rigs o Rye
• The Rose Amang the Thorn
• The Rovin Heilandman
• The Scottish Settler's Lament
• The Shearin's No For You
• The Standard on the Braes o' Mar
• The Terror Time
• The Three Healths
• The Trooper and the Maid
• The Wars o Germany
• The Yellow Haired Laddie
• Tranent Muir
• Up in the Mornin's no for Me
• Welcome Royal Cherlie
• Westlin Winds
• When the Kye Come Hame
• Wild Mountain Thyme