Murky waters rolling on
past the shipyards now long gone
cant forget and time wont heal
what the Geordie lads now feel

Shipyard buzzers hooted loud
pulling in the mighty crowd
dawn till dusk sheer sweat and strain
every man and every crane

but from these banks I'll never roam
all my life they've been my home
Choked up, tearful this I tell
River Tyne, I knew thee well