Here are the words of the song "The Roving Navvy" (sung by The Spinners) as requested so long ago:
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The Roving Navvy


1.        Me name is Geordie Thompson. I’m a lad of great renown,
        Known all along the cut and in the nearby town.
        A gallon of ale, two pounds of beef, I have every day
        And when me work is finished, half a crown it is me pay.

Chorus:        So dig, boys. Load, boys. (Clap) them all the way,
        Digging up the cut, me lads, of Manchester way.


2.        I’ve dug the turf for many a mile, shovelled up the dirt.
        I’ve beat me way too frozen that I’m going to eat my shirt.
        I’ve laid beneath the burning sun, digging out the clay
        To trim away the level all along the waterway.

Chorus:        So dig, boys. Load, boys. (Clap) them all the way,
        Digging up the cut, me lads, of Manchester way.


3.        I’ve had me share of randies. You can tell it by me scars.
        I’ve done me share of porter drinking in the public bars..
        I’ve laboured, mortal drunk, on a cold October day,
        Staggered till I nearly fell until I walked away.

Chorus:        So dig, boys. Load, boys. (Clap) them all the way,
        Digging up the cut, me lads, of Manchester way.


4.        I’ve had me share of women in many a shanty town,
        â€™Cause I reckon if I could chat them up, I could always bed ’em down
        And if I could live my life again, this I always say,
        A roving navvy I would be, along the waterway.

Chorus:        So dig, boys. Load, boys. (Clap) them all the way,
        Digging up the cut, me lads, of Manchester way.

Final Chorus:        Aye, dig, boys. Load, boys. (Clap) them all the way,
        Digging up the cut, me lads, of Manchester way.

I got them from their CD "The Best of the Spinners" and the song is attributed on the cover to Ian Woods so it would appear that he did indeed write it.