WaggonerSaw ye owt of my love Ganning down on the waggon wayWith his pocket full of money and his poke full of hayAye but he's a bonnie lad as ever you did seeThough he's sair frowsy freckled and he's blind of an e'eThere's ne'er a lad like my lad drives to a staith on TyneThough coal black on workdays, on holidays he's fineMy lad's a canny lad, he works down in the pitHe never comes to see me unless he wants a bitWith his silver in his hand and with love in his e'eI see my canny lad coming to meAye but he's a bonnie lad as ever you did seeThough he's sair pock-brocken and he's blind of an e'ePrinted in Sedley's Seeds of LoveThe Tyneside song is based on the text in A L Lloyd's Come All Ye Bold MinersTune supplied by Bob Davenportfilename[ WAGGONRperform WAGGONRSF===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY===

 

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