Mackem Folk Singer Dave Murray has a new album out - including this song about his childhood by the River Wear
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00:00This is a song about the River Weir. I used to love playing that when I was a kid. Here we go.
00:15As the light had walked down the street
00:19With a smile upon your face
00:23With me, it's a real merry going
00:28To our favorite place
00:31And by the River Weir we play
00:36Fishing and climbing all day
00:40Old old barrels and broken trees
00:44Making sails to catch the breeze
00:48Army vans and lines to go
00:52Chasing flatties on the sandbanks
00:55When the tide was low
00:59When the tide was low
01:03When the tide was low
01:07When the tide was low
01:12Me and me mates, we all run free
01:16Chasing through the cornfield tall
01:20Rising smoke from the copper burn
01:25Riding horses we had to learn
01:29Ghostly slides into a metal tree
01:33Getting strung by the busy bee
01:37Army vans and lines to go
01:41Chasing flatties on the sandbanks
01:45When the tide was low
01:48When the tide was low
01:52When the tide was low
01:56When the tide was low
02:01To the yellow lines we would climb
02:05Whatever the season, whatever the time
02:09Here it came from lovers near
02:13A different land to me and you
02:17In the pool we walked or swam
02:21Fiber until the night came in
02:25Ghostly rides and rabbits run
02:29Chasing galleys we had much fun
02:33Army vans and lines to go
02:37Chasing flatties on the sandbanks
02:40When the tide was low
02:44When the tide was low
02:48When the tide was low
02:52When the tide was low
02:57As we ran and walked along the streets
03:02With a smile upon me face
03:06I love playing down the river William May