Weel May the Keel Row



As I came thro' Sandgate,

Thro' Sandgate, thro' Sandgate,

As I came thro' Sandgate,

I heard a lassie sing:

"O, weel may the keel row,

The keel row, the keel row,

O weel may the keel row

That my laddie's in."



"O wha's like my Johnnie,

Sae leish, sae blithe, sae bonnie?

He's foremost 'mang the mony

Keel lads o' coaly Tyne;

He'll set or row sae tightly

Or, in the dance sae sprightly,

He'll cut and shuffle slightly,

'Tis true, were he nae mine.

He wears a blue bonnet,

Blue bonnet, blue bonnet,

He wears a blue bonnet

A dimple in his chin.

And weel may the keel row,

The keel row, the keel row,

And weel may the keel row

That my laddie's in."



Note: a keel is a boat; leish is lithe. The song was first

published around 1770, and has been called the national anthem of

the Tyne River.

Recorded, many years ago, by Jo Stafford.

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