Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Verse 1]
C F C
In the year of '69 they planned to run a train
G C
From Settle to Carlisle across the mountain range
F C
They employed 3000 navvies to build this mighty road
G C
Across the fells through Appleby that old steam engine rolled
[Chorus]
Am
And it's up in the morning, lads
F Em
In wind, snow or hail
Am
Hold fast your hammers, lads
F G C
And lay another rail
[Verse 2]
C F C
It's 72 miles from Settle to Carlisle
G C
Across the roughest country in all the British Isles
F C
They said it would take 4 years, but it took up nearer seven
G C
And the first 20 miles it sent 400 men to heaven
[Chorus]
Am
And it's up in the morning, lads
F Em
In wind, snow or hail
Am
Hold fast your hammers, lads
F G C
And lay another rail
[Verse 3]
C F C
Now when the winter came, it froze them to the floor
G C
It blew them off the viaducts and killed them on Blee Moor
F C
Some died of the smallpox, some of cholera
G C
Chapel and St Leonards have many buried there
[Chorus]
Am
And it's up in the morning, lads
F Em
In wind, snow or hail
Am
Hold fast your hammers, lads
F G C
And lay another rail
[Verse 4]
C F C
Now if you ride this famous line across the heathered fells
G C
When crossing Ribblehead viaduct remember the tale I tell
F C
There's Mallerstang and Aisgill and Dent Dales lovely wilds
G C
And navvy lads a-slavin' from Settle to Carlisle
[Chorus]
Am
And it's up in the morning, lads
F Em
In wind, snow or hail
Am
Hold fast your hammers, lads
F G C
And lay another rail
C F C
In the year of '69 they planned to run a train
G C
From Settle to Carlisle across the mountain range
F C
They employed 3000 navvies to build this mighty road
G C
Across the fells through Appleby that old steam engine rolled
[Chorus]
Am
And it's up in the morning, lads
F Em
In wind, snow or hail
Am
Hold fast your hammers, lads
F G C
And lay another rail
[Verse 2]
C F C
It's 72 miles from Settle to Carlisle
G C
Across the roughest country in all the British Isles
F C
They said it would take 4 years, but it took up nearer seven
G C
And the first 20 miles it sent 400 men to heaven
[Chorus]
Am
And it's up in the morning, lads
F Em
In wind, snow or hail
Am
Hold fast your hammers, lads
F G C
And lay another rail
[Verse 3]
C F C
Now when the winter came, it froze them to the floor
G C
It blew them off the viaducts and killed them on Blee Moor
F C
Some died of the smallpox, some of cholera
G C
Chapel and St Leonards have many buried there
[Chorus]
Am
And it's up in the morning, lads
F Em
In wind, snow or hail
Am
Hold fast your hammers, lads
F G C
And lay another rail
[Verse 4]
C F C
Now if you ride this famous line across the heathered fells
G C
When crossing Ribblehead viaduct remember the tale I tell
F C
There's Mallerstang and Aisgill and Dent Dales lovely wilds
G C
And navvy lads a-slavin' from Settle to Carlisle
[Chorus]
Am
And it's up in the morning, lads
F Em
In wind, snow or hail
Am
Hold fast your hammers, lads
F G C
And lay another rail
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