What Have We Got?
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What Have We Got? Lyrics
[00:02.89] Good people give ear to me story,
[00:08.33] Pay attention, and none of your lip,
[00:12.40] For I've brought you five lads and their daddy,
[00:17.16] Intending to build ye's a ship.
[00:22.79] Wallsend is wor habitation,
[00:25.97] It's the place we was all born and bred.
[00:30.89] And there's nay finer lads in the nation,
[00:35.44] And none are more gallantly led.
[00:43.80] What have we got, but the buzzer in the morning?
[01:12.31] Aye, and what have we got, but the laying of a keel?
[01:15.99] And what have we got, but the cranes above us soaring?
[01:19.61] The commotion and the clamour in the welding of the steel?
[01:22.62] What have we got, but the mist upon the river?
[01:26.50] Tell me, what have we got, but the noise inside the hold?
[01:29.73] Oh, what have we got, but the arse end of the weather?
[01:33.05] Where we work in horizontal rain, and shiver in the cold.
[01:36.70] What do ye got? (What do we got?)
[01:39.32] What do ye got? (What do we got?)
[01:41.22] You've got nowt. We've got nowt else.
[01:44.05] What do ye got? (What do we got?)
[01:46.22] What do ye got? (What do we got?)
[01:47.86] You've got nowt. We've got nowt else.
[01:51.10] What have ye got, but the singing in the cables?
[01:54.69] Oh, what have ye got, but the ringing in your ears?
[01:58.05] Aye, what have ye got, but the telling of the fables?
[02:01.78] And the memories of the ships, that we've been building donkey's years.
[02:05.99] What do ye got? (What do we got?)
[02:07.55] What do ye got? (What do we got?)
[02:09.04] You've got nowt. We've got nowt else.
[02:12.25] What do ye got? (What do we got?)
[02:14.24] What do ye got? (What do we got?)
[02:16.34] You've got nowt. We've got nowt else.
[02:19.28] Aye, you've got to die of something,
[02:21.34] It's written in your fate,
[02:22.91] Ye may as well die of a Tuesday,
[02:25.07] And woe betide you're late.
[02:26.92] What have ye got, all you men what's fit and able?
[02:37.43] What have ye got, for the straining in your neck?
[02:40.74] What have ye got, when you're laid out on the table?
[02:44.26] And the snapping of a cable when the rigging hits the deck?
[02:47.27] What have ye got, but the loyalty of brothers?
[02:51.69] What have ye got, but this union of the dock?
[02:55.18] What have ye got, a bacon sandwich from your mother?
[02:58.22] Not a promise of another with the punching of the clock.
[03:01.52] What do ye got? (What do we got?)
[03:03.68] What do ye got? (What do we got?)
[03:05.88] You've got nowt. We've got nowt else.
[03:08.70] What do ye got? (What do we got?)
[03:11.10] Now, what do ye got? (What do we got?)
[03:12.86] You've got nowt. We've got nowt else.
[03:15.73] What do ye got? (What do we got?)
[03:18.26] What do ye got? (What do we got?)
[03:19.32] You've got nowt. We've got nowt else.
[03:32.85]
[00:08.33] Pay attention, and none of your lip,
[00:12.40] For I've brought you five lads and their daddy,
[00:17.16] Intending to build ye's a ship.
[00:22.79] Wallsend is wor habitation,
[00:25.97] It's the place we was all born and bred.
[00:30.89] And there's nay finer lads in the nation,
[00:35.44] And none are more gallantly led.
[00:43.80] What have we got, but the buzzer in the morning?
[01:12.31] Aye, and what have we got, but the laying of a keel?
[01:15.99] And what have we got, but the cranes above us soaring?
[01:19.61] The commotion and the clamour in the welding of the steel?
[01:22.62] What have we got, but the mist upon the river?
[01:26.50] Tell me, what have we got, but the noise inside the hold?
[01:29.73] Oh, what have we got, but the arse end of the weather?
[01:33.05] Where we work in horizontal rain, and shiver in the cold.
[01:36.70] What do ye got? (What do we got?)
[01:39.32] What do ye got? (What do we got?)
[01:41.22] You've got nowt. We've got nowt else.
[01:44.05] What do ye got? (What do we got?)
[01:46.22] What do ye got? (What do we got?)
[01:47.86] You've got nowt. We've got nowt else.
[01:51.10] What have ye got, but the singing in the cables?
[01:54.69] Oh, what have ye got, but the ringing in your ears?
[01:58.05] Aye, what have ye got, but the telling of the fables?
[02:01.78] And the memories of the ships, that we've been building donkey's years.
[02:05.99] What do ye got? (What do we got?)
[02:07.55] What do ye got? (What do we got?)
[02:09.04] You've got nowt. We've got nowt else.
[02:12.25] What do ye got? (What do we got?)
[02:14.24] What do ye got? (What do we got?)
[02:16.34] You've got nowt. We've got nowt else.
[02:19.28] Aye, you've got to die of something,
[02:21.34] It's written in your fate,
[02:22.91] Ye may as well die of a Tuesday,
[02:25.07] And woe betide you're late.
[02:26.92] What have ye got, all you men what's fit and able?
[02:37.43] What have ye got, for the straining in your neck?
[02:40.74] What have ye got, when you're laid out on the table?
[02:44.26] And the snapping of a cable when the rigging hits the deck?
[02:47.27] What have ye got, but the loyalty of brothers?
[02:51.69] What have ye got, but this union of the dock?
[02:55.18] What have ye got, a bacon sandwich from your mother?
[02:58.22] Not a promise of another with the punching of the clock.
[03:01.52] What do ye got? (What do we got?)
[03:03.68] What do ye got? (What do we got?)
[03:05.88] You've got nowt. We've got nowt else.
[03:08.70] What do ye got? (What do we got?)
[03:11.10] Now, what do ye got? (What do we got?)
[03:12.86] You've got nowt. We've got nowt else.
[03:15.73] What do ye got? (What do we got?)
[03:18.26] What do ye got? (What do we got?)
[03:19.32] You've got nowt. We've got nowt else.
[03:32.85]
From the album: The Last Ship (Expanded Edition)
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