STRIKE, BOYS, STRIKE
Trad, arranged Ron Baxter

Chorus:-
        Strike, boys, strike for better wages,
        Strike boys, strike for better pay;
        Keep on striking at the Docks,
        Keep your picket at the locks;
        Stick it out until the owners they give way!

In the Dock there is a strike
That the owners do not like;
The trawlers are all tied up at the quay.
They've beaten us before,
But they will not any more;
For now we are in the "T & G".

Chorus (repeated again after the sketch).

Sung by the chorus.

Dissatisfaction with poor pay and conditions led to a strike in 1974. Only a small improvement followed. With hindsight, many thought they should have held out for de-casualisation.