Aa went to Blaydon Races, twas on the ninth of June
Eighteen hundred and sixty two on a summer's efternoon.
Aa tyuk the bus from "Balmbra's" and she was heavy laden.
Away we went alang Collingwood Street
That's on the road to Blaydon.
 

CHORUS:
Oh! Lads. Ye should a'seen us gannin,
Passing the folks alang the road just as they were stannin.
Thor was lots o' lads and lasses there, aal wi smilin' faces
Gannin alang the Scotswood Road - to see the Blaydon Races
 

We flew past Armstrong's factory an' up to the "Robin Adair"
Just gannin' doon te the railway bridge the bus wheel flew off there.
The lasses lost thor crinolines an' the veils that hide thor faces.
Aa got two black eyes an' a broken nose i' ga'n te Blaydon Races.
 

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When we gat the wheel put on, away we went agyen,
But them that had theor noses broke they cam' back ower hyem.
Sum went to the dispensary, an' sum to Dr Gibb's,
An sum to the Informary to mend thor broken ribs.
 

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Noo when we gat to Paradise thor was bonny gam began.
Thor was fower an'twenty on the bus, man hoo they danced an' sung.
They called on me to sing a song, Aa sang them "Paddy Fagan"
Aa danced a jig an' swung me twig that day Aa went to Blaydon.
 

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We flew across the Chine Bridge reet inti' Blaydon Toon.
The bellman he was caallin' there, they called him Jackie Broon,
Aa saa him taakin' to sum chaps an' them he was persuadin'
To gan an' see Geordy Ridley's show in the Mechanic's Haall at Blaydon.
 

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The rain it poored doon aall the day an' myed the groond quite muddy
Coffy Johnny had a white hat on - they yelled, "Whe stole the cuddy?"
Thor wes spice staals an' munkey shows , an aad wives sellin' ciders,
An' a chap wi a ha'penny roondeboot shootin' "Noo me lads for riders."