Men Of Worth-Mary Black

[ti:Men Of Worth] [ar:Mary Black] [al:Collected] [by:] [offset:0] [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 [00:36.13] [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 [01:02.90] [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 [01:15.00] [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