The Immigrant Lad Lyrics

The Immigrant Lad lyrics

And here I sit with a tear in my eye, 
the waters of Tyne in between you and
I
And here I sit with a tear in my eye, 
the waters of Tyne in between
you and I
As a child I dreamed of her, 
on the far banks of the
river
I knew she could not be reached, 
for my mind was forever
wondering
Far above his head, as he tried his best to teach me
The river
was muddy and black, black as the coal she carried
Impossible to cross, many
men had tried
The old sailor told me, another life is lost
And here I sit
with a tear in my eye, 
the waters of Tyne in between you and I
And here
I sit with a tear in my eye, 
the waters of Tyne in between you and
I
Black was the colour of my childish dreams, 
impressions that would
last
Black coal, coal black pit yacka's face, 
escaping the coal dust
blast
Blind pony stumblin' to the light of day, 
to retire in the green
fields forever
And I'll build me a bridge of steel, 
to beat the black
river forever
I'll beat that black river forever, 
I'll beat that muddy
river forever
And here I sit with a tear in my eye, 
the waters of Tyne
in between you and I
And here I sit with a tear in my eye, 
the waters of
Tyne in between you and I