Lyr Req: England's Motorway

Subject: Lyr Req: England's Motorway
From: GUEST,Clodagh
Date: 14 Oct 03 - 06:06 PM

Help! I'm searching for the lyrics and chords to Ewan MacColl's song, England's Motorway.
many thanks.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: England's Motorway
From: Susan of DT
Date: 14 Oct 03 - 06:09 PM

It is right here in the Digital Tradition. Search for motorway or some phrase from the song. It is under Britain's Motorway

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: England's Motorway
From: GUEST,JOHN GRENVILLE-BARKER in Germany
Date: 15 Oct 03 - 11:46 AM

Come my little son and I will tell you what we`ll do,               
Undress yourself and get into your bed,and a tale I`ll tell to you
It`s all about your daddy, he`s a man you seldom see
For he`s had to roam far away from home,away from you and me.

CHORUS: But remember laddie he`s still your dad
       Though he`s workind far away,
       In the cold and the heat,all the hours of the week,
       On England`s Motorway.

To buy your shoes your daddy laid a length of railway track,
He built a hydro-dam to put the clothes upon your back.
This motor highway buys the food though the wages soon are spent
But we need the money your daddy earns,for to pay the rent.

                CHORUS
When you fall and hurt yourself and get up feeling bad,
There is no use to cry and go a`running for your dad,
For the only time since you were born that he`s had to spend with you,
He was out of a job and he hadn`t a bob*, signing on the brew**.

                CHORUS
* Bob= 1 old shilling.   ** Brew=coruption of the word "Bureau" another word for Labour Exchange.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: England's Motorway
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 15 Oct 03 - 12:18 PM

The tune is "Tramps and Hawkers" / "Paddy West".

Here's a link to the DT entry.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: England's Motorway
From: Liam's Brother
Date: 15 Oct 03 - 04:56 PM

My recollection is that the actual title is "Come Me Little Lad."

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: England's Motorway
From: GUEST,Ray in Australia
Date: 20 Jan 08 - 06:30 AM

I remember hearing this song in the pubs in Dublin in 1970, but in the chorus the words were 'Jonny' not 'laddie'and in the 'cold and the wind' not the 'cold and the heat'