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T:Rochdale Mashers, The
R:Folk Song
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O:England
A:Lancashire
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B:Folk Songs Of Lancashire
N:Mike Harding
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The Rochdale Mashers

Oh we are the two Roch dale Mashers,
And we oft en go out on the mash
We wear no tall hats and no shirts to our backs
And it's seldom we have any cash.         
We always keep up the new fashions
While others keep up with the old.
And though we are just twenty seyen
We're handsome, stout hearted and bold.

For we sing tra la la
As we walk down the street
For style and perfection there's none can compete.
Oh the ladies declare there's that elegant pair.
The two Rochdale Mashers from Waterloo Street.

And we sing and we dance and we don't give a jot
We're a jolly fine lot,
We're all right when we're tight
And we're jolly good company.

Last Saturday we were invited
To the Palais by two ladies fair
Their cheeks were in bloom like the roses in June
And we danced with that elegant pair.
There was dancing and singing till midnight
There was whisky tobacco and rum
And after the dancing was over
With the ladies we had lots of fun.

And we sing tra la la la
As we walk down the street
For style and perfection we ne'er can be beat
All the ladies declare that we are a pair
The two Rochdale mashers from Waterloo street.

And we sing and we dance and we don't give a jot
We're a jolly fine lot,
We're all right when we're tight
And we're jolly good company.