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Thread #72771   Message #4100176
Posted By: GUEST,#
31-Mar-21 - 05:06 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Songs about Beeching's Cuts
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about Beeching's Cuts
I think these may be the lyrics requested by the OP. They add two stanzas to the lyrics posted at 12 Mar 10 - 04:14 PM

It seems to be titled

"Dr Beeching"

Oh there came a troop of Irish dragoons
Came marching up through Fyvie-O
And the reason that they marched all the way from Marble Arch
There was no railways running up tae Fyvie-O

After the forty-five was over and done
Geordie¹ said tae Wade¹, Man alivey-o
Grab a pick and grab a spade and don’t come back till ye have made
Me a road running all the way tae Fyvie-o

So Wade he grabbed a shovel and he built the king a road
It ran through the Borders to Fyvie-o
He built the king a road and it wasnae verra broad
But it speeded the journey up tae Fyvie-oh

You’ve all heard of Watt¹ the celebrated Scot
Brewing up some coffee after bringin’ Oh
As he watched the kettle steam, Jimmy Watt began to dream
And he invented the very first steam engine Oh

Soon after came the train, product of a Scottish brain
And the railway lines sprang up to Fyvie-Oh
Aye and many an English cheil² made his fortune on the deal
When they built the railway line to Fyvie-Oh

But it’s different today for the railways dinna pay
So they called in Doctor Beeching Oh
He came straight from I C I, in his pukka old school tie
You should just hear the nonsense he is preaching Oh

He telled Uncle Mac¹, did the economic quack¹
Take all the railway lines from Fyvie-oh
Take the railway lines away and the bloody thing will pay
And the national economy will thrivey-oh

So now Doctor Dick don’t you play this dirty trick
If you should value your livey-oh
Or you’ll end up on your back fastened to a railway track
In the path of the last train out of Fyvie-oh.



The lyrics are from

https://songsfromtheageofsteam.uk/railways/underground-railways/76-railways/trades-unions-politics/203-bar092

There is also a link to music notation for the song, but I expect everyone knows the melody.