We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Born and Bred

from In Time by The Mather Robinson Band

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £1 GBP  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    For those among you who, like us, prefer a physical product. The CD has been designed by Little Boy Black and contains a beautifully illustrated 10 page lyrics booklet. We'll sign it for you if you like before shipping but remember we'll have to remove the shrink wrapping to do that. Alternatively catch us on tour and we'll happily sign it for you then. mather-robinson@outlook.com

    Includes unlimited streaming of In Time via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 7 days

      £10 GBP or more 

     

about

1845 - A proper northern love song. None of yer romantic namby pamby slushy mushy stuff!

lyrics

We were born and bred for business you and I
And together we will make the shuttle fly
We’ll turn coppers into gold
So much that legends will be told of us
We’ll spin a yarn to span the River Mersey deep and wide

So if you have a shilling and if you have a mind
To pool all our resources and join forces you may find
That with my head for figures and with you skilful hands
Our industry will see this union thrive upon this land

For we were born and bred for business you and I
And together we will make the shuttle fly
We’ll turn coppers into gold
So much that legends will be told of us
We’ll spin a yarn to span the River Mersey deep and wide

It cannot be denied from modest means we may have come
Why ever should we hide our roots below? But once begun,
through graft and honest toil we will see our time in the sun
This match was made in heaven – now by God we’ll see it done
For we were born and bred for business you and I
And together we will make the shuttle fly
We’ll turn coppers into gold
So much that legends will be told of us
We’ll spin a yarn to span the River Mersey deep and wide

I have the keys to our own lock-up shop in Harpurhey
I have the rent to see us through till one week Saturday
I have the plan. Do you have guts and nerve to make it pay?
Come – I’ll have an answer. I propose – what do you say?

That we were born and bred for business you and I
And together we will make the shuttle fly
We’ll turn coppers into gold
So much that legends will be told of us
We’ll spin a yarn to span the River Mersey deep and wide

credits

from In Time, released July 29, 2013

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

The Mather Robinson Band image

The Mather Robinson Band Salford, UK

Dave Mather and Pete Robinson grew up together in the north of England in the nineteen sixties and have been writing and performing music individually and as a team ever since. From Opera to rock to pop and now back to their roots in folk music. Mather & Robinson entertain audiences in the north west of England but if you ask them - they will hummmm. ... more

contact / help

Contact The Mather Robinson Band

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Report this track or account

If you like The Mather Robinson Band, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Beans joins the show to discuss his album release, "ZWAARD".

listen now