Hi, RR
Just played "Trawlertown", and this is the version John Connolly sings,I went down dock this morning where I used to earn me pay,
And I walked by empty berths where deep-sea trawlers used to lay,
Where we fitted out their engines, the diesel and the steam,
But their mighty power is gone and now they're just an old man's dream.And I ask the rain that rattles all along the bleak North Wall
Could they not have left a little? Did they have to take it all?Now we hadn't long to turn 'em round; the fishing mustn't stop.
Aye, and when new parts were needed, well, we'd make 'em in the shop.
They were glorious, grand old ladies; maybe someone could explain
Why they're scrapped, or halfway round the world, and won't sail home again.And I ask the rain that rattles all along the bleak North Wall
Could they not have left a little? Did they have to take it all?I've drunk my fill with trawlermen with hands as hard as nails,
Who risked their lives for small reward and perished in the gales.
They were only casual labour, signing on from ship to ship,
So there was no compensation when they made the final trip.And I ask the rain that rattles all along the bleak North Wall
Could they not have left a little? Did they have to take it all?Now in its prime, the Dogger Bank was plundered night and day,
Not a thought for conservation; there were shareholders to pay.
They were not content with plenty, and their greed it knew no bounds.
Private enterprise prevailed, and finished off our fishing grounds.And I ask the rain that rattles all along the bleak North Wall
Could they not have left a little? Did they have to take it all?
And I ask the rain that rattles all along the bleak North Wall
Could they not have left a little? Did they have to take it all?but I heard it sung at Cleethorpes FF, and have heard it elsewhere, with the couple of lines Nutty gives (And I know with each new generation everything must change
Of the good things that we took for granted not much now remains)
included in the chorus before "And I ask the rain..."