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When Our Ship Sails In

from In Time by The Mather Robinson Band

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1790 - Organised labour. A fair days pay for a fair days work. Then came deferred gratification - monthly targets, annual bonuses, pension plans ... and we're off to hell in a handcart.

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When our ship comes sailing in when April comes around
Oh my lads we’ll very merry be and we’ll drink her health all round
We’ll bathe in gin and we’ll go all in for a penny or a pound
Fortunes she will bring when our ship comes sailing in

When our ship comes sailing in, in the merry month of May
Oh my lads we’ll very merry be and we’ll gambol on that day
Our wives we’ll treat and our bairns will eat when we queue for our back-pay
We’ll be spending tin when our ship comes sailing in

Oh my lads for the sweat upon your backs I do solemnly promise and I do contract
To feed your families should the worst occur - I will see you settled in your fading years.
And oh my lad’s for your loyalty and trust I will honour my commitment once this bargain’s struck
Now haul! Haul! Haul!

When our ship comes sailing in, in the far off month of June
Oh my lads we will grateful be - it won’t be a day too soon
We’ll find relief by the skin of our teeth - she is long since overdue
We’ll have been through thick and thin when our ship comes sailing in

But - Oh my lads for the sweat upon your backs I did solemnly promise and I did contract
But I gambled all your money and I lost the lot- now you haven’t got a penny for to piss into a pot
And oh my lad’s with your loyalty and trust - I did scorn and foul abuse and trample in the dust
Now haul! Haul! Haul!

When our ship comes sailing in, in the last days of July
Oh my lads ‘tis too late for us - we are dead men by and by
We are bound six feet underground, our lifeblood all run dry
Inform our next of kin should our ship sail in

And when our ship comes sailing in to a haven in the sky
Oh my lads we will very merry be and we’ll drink the taverns dry
We are the toast of the Holy Ghost and the Seraphim on high
Fortunes she did bring. We’ve been spending tin. Let the revelry begin
Now our ship’s sailed in

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from In Time, released July 29, 2013

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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

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