Christy Moore - The dalesmans litany

^AmIt's hard when ^Gfolks can't ^Emget their ^Amwork where they've been^G bred and ^Amborn ^AmWhen I was ^Gyoung I ^Emused to ^Amthink I'd bide my time 'mid the ^Groots and the ^Amcorn ^FBut I've been forced to ^Amflee the town so here's my litan^Gy ^AmFrom Hull and ^GHali^Emfax and ^AmHell good Lord ^Gdeliver ^Amme

^AmWhen I was ^Gcourting ^EmMary ^AmAnne the auld squire he ^Gsaid one ^Amday ^AmI've got no ^Groom for ^Emwedded ^Amfolk choose to ^Gwed or ^Amstay ^FI could not leave the gi^Amrl I loved so town we had to ^Gflee ^AmFrom Hull and H^Galif^Emax and ^AmHell good Lord ^Gdeliver ^Amme

^AmI've worked in ^GLeeds and ^EmHudders^Amfield where I've addled ^Ghonest ^Ambrass ^AmIn Bradford, ^GKeightley, ^EmRother^Amham, I've kept my ^Gbairns and ^Amlass ^FI've travelled all three ^Amridings round and once I've been to ^Gsea ^AmFrom Hull and H^Gali^Emfax and ^AmHell good ^GLord deliver^Am me

^AmI've been through ^GSheffield ^Emlanes at n^Amight 'twere just like b^Geing in he^Amll ^AmThe furnaces ^Gthrust out t^Emongues of ^Amflame that roared like ^Gwind o'er the ^Amfell ^FI've sammed up coal in B^Amarnsley pit with muck up to my ^Gknee ^AmFrom Hull and H^Gali^Emfax and ^AmHell good Lord ^Gdeliver ^Amme

^AmI've seen grey ^Gfog creep o'^Emer Leeds B^Amrig as thick as ^GBastille s^Amoup ^AmI've been where ^Gfolks are ^Emstowed ^Amaway like rabbits ^Gin a ^Amcoup ^FI've seen snow fall on B^Amradford Beck as black as ^Gebony ^AmFrom Hull and H^Gali^Emfax and ^AmHell good Lord ^Gdeliver ^Amme

^AmBut now my ^Gchildren ^Emall have f^Amlown to the country ^GI'll go ^Amback ^AmThere'll be forty ^Gmiles of ^Emheathery ^Ammoor 'twixt me and the ^Gcoal pit s^Amlack

^FAnd oft at night as I ^Amsit round the fire I'll think of the ^Gmisery ^AmFrom Hull and H^Gali^Emfax and ^AmHell good lord ^Gdeliver ^Amme