Roll Northumbria

Lyrics

[Verse 1] 'Twas late 65 at the old Wall sea yard She was commissioned to haul the black tar Built the Northumbria there on the bar Roll Northumbria roll For when the Egpytians they closed the Red Sea A call came on high from the powers that be To build a royal monster right down on the quay Roll, Northumbria, Roll me boys Roll, Northumbria, Roll [Chorus] And it's one for the hot sun above Two for the empire we love And it's three for the fires that burn down below Roll on Northumbria Roll, Northumbria, Roll [Verse 2] Carpathia, Vengence, Celestial Call She was the tankеr to outsize them all From the banks of thе Mersey to the port of Halal Roll, Northumbria, Roll And fair Princess Anne threw a bottle of wine And watched as the giant sat down in the Tyne What lay head could no mortal divine Roll, Northumbria, Roll me boys Roll, Northumbria, Roll [Chorus] And it's one for the hot sun above Two for the empire we love And it's three for the fires that burn down below Roll on Northumbria Roll, Northumbria, Roll [Verse 3] Some come all ye good workmen, beware the command That comes down on high from the desk of man Who's never held steel or torch in his hand Roll, Northumbria, Roll For atop a wild breaker the cracks in frame Spilled her black guts across the wild main She limped away through an ocean of flame Roll, Northumbria, Roll me boys Roll, Northumbria, Roll [Chorus] And it's one for the hot sun above Two for the empire we love And it's three for the fires that burn down below Roll on Northumbria Roll, Northumbria, Roll And it's one for the hot sun above Two for the empire we love And it's three for the fires that burn down below Roll on Northumbria Roll, Northumbria, Roll Roll on Northumbria Roll, Northumbria, Roll