SEA WATTER SHY

1. Come sit yeselves doon and a tale I will tell,
I wouldn't believe it but I seen it mesel',
It happened at Thompson's yard doon on the Wear,
The champagne was chucked and the lads start to cheer.
Chorus : But she wadn't gan doon, no she wadn't gan doon,
I cried with the laughing till i was run dry,
The chocks were oot and she should be afloat,
She's the only ship yet to be sea watter shy.
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2. The shipowner's dowter come doon for the day,
A bonny wee lass, too, I'm happy to say,
To launch her owld man's pride and joy was her job,
And to dee the job reet she was in her best togs.
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3. She chucked the champagne bottle doon at full blast,
She missed the port bow and she hit the stern mast!
"Says : "God bless this ship and all those who sail in her",
And the young lassie turned to gan hyem for her dinner.
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4. When she noticed she thowt she'd give pushing a try,
But it still wadn't gan and a director cried,
She shocked all the navvies with what she did say,
But they had to give up and try the next day.
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5. Why, they tried the next and the day after that,
And soon the yard's stock of champagne had gone flat,
So they had to use beer, and then the ship sailed,
Which just proves the strength of Newcastle Broon Ale.
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This was apparently based on a real event, though surely all the details are fictional.