[ti:Men Of Worth]
[ar:Mary Black]
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[00:00.00]Men Of Worth - Mary Black
[00:05.76]Leave the land behind laddie better days to find
[00:09.82]The companies have the money and they＇ll soon teach you the skills
[00:14.51]Green fields fall away the forties and the brae
[00:19.20]Be a madman or a roustabout they＇ll soon teach you to drill
[00:24.07]But who will tend me sheep when I＇m far o＇er the deep
[00:28.76]Amanertune or the sea quest when the snow comes to the hill
[00:33.26]La la la
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[00:44.44]Leave the fishing trade lads there＇s money to be made
[00:48.57]The hand-line and the Shetland yawl are of a bygone day
[00:53.32]Come to Aberdeen; sights you＇ve never seen
[00:57.89]Be a welder on the pipeline or a fitter out on the bay
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[01:03.72]But when the job is over and your boat rots on the shore
[01:08.35]How will you feed your family when the companies go away
[01:13.07]La la la
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[02:01.38]There＇s harbors to be built lads rigs to tow and tilt
[02:05.69]To rest upon the ocean bed like pylons in the sea
[02:10.32]Pipeline to be laid and a hundred different trades
[02:14.81]That＇ll pay a decent living wage to the likes of you and me
[02:19.51]I know you＇re men of worth; you＇re the best that＇s in the north
[02:24.00]Not men of greed but men who need the work that＇s come your way
[02:28.82]From shore a new industry is born
[02:31.63]Old Peterhead and Pomerty will never be the same
[02:37.88]I know you＇re men of worth; you＇re the best that＇s in the north
[02:43.78]Not men of greed but men who need the work that＇s come your way
[02:47.68]La la la