Roll Northumbria

[00:00.09] 'Twas late '65 at the old Wallsea yard
[00:04.51] Where she was commissioned to haul the black tar
[00:08.25] We built the Northumbria there on the bar
[00:12.70] Roll Northumbria, roll
[00:16.38] For when the Egyptians they closed the Red Sea
[00:20.37] The call came on high from the powers that be
[00:24.38] To build a royal monster right down to the key
[00:28.57] Roll Northumbria, roll, my boys
[00:32.83] Roll Northumbria, roll
[00:40.20] Carpathia, Vengence, Celetial Call
[00:44.43] She was the tanker to outsize 'em all
[00:48.21] From the banks of the Mersey to the port of Hulal
[00:52.62] Roll Northumbria, roll
[00:56.63] And fair Princess Anne threw a bottle of wine
[01:00.15] And watched as the giant set down in the Tyne
[01:04.55] What lay ahead could no mortal divine
[01:08.82] Roll Northumbria, roll, my boys
[01:12.96] Roll Northumbria, roll
[01:18.09] And it's one for the hot sun above
[01:22.36] Two for the empire we love
[01:26.29] And it's three for the fire that burns down below
[01:30.78] Roll on Northumbria
[01:34.66] Roll Northumbria, roll
[01:56.39] So come all you good workmen, beware the comand
[02:00.25] That comes down on high from the desk of a man
[02:04.43] Who's never held steel or a torch in his hand
[02:08.83] Roll Northumbria, roll
[02:12.49] For atop a wild breaker the cracks in her frame
[02:16.68] Spilled her black guts all across the wild main
[02:20.55] And she limped away through an ocean of flame
[02:24.57] Roll Northumbria, roll, my boys
[02:28.65] Roll Northumbria, roll
[02:36.14] And it's one for the hot sun above
[02:40.61] Two for the empire we love
[02:44.16] And it's three for the fire that burns down below
[02:48.62] Roll on Northumbria
[02:52.67] Roll Northumbria, roll
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