Intro: C
verse 1:
F C
I'm a bold Irish navvy who worked on the line
F G
And the first place I worked was Newcastle-on-Tyne
C F G
But through a misfortune that happened in fun
C F C
I remember the night I'd me navvy boots on
verse 2:
F C
When the day's work was over I shaved off me beard
F G
To meet the young lady, I was well prepared
C F G
For to meet the young lady, I then hurried down
C F C
And I met her that night with me navvy boots on
verse 3:
F C
When I knocked on her window, my knock it was low
F G
When I knocked on her window, my knock she did know
C F G
She jumped out of bed crying, "Is that you John?"
C F C
"Well, it even it is, love, with me navvy boots on"
verse 4:
F C
Then she opened the door and invited me in
F G
"Come up to the fire, love, and warm your skin"
C F G
Well, her room door being open and the blankets turned down
C F C
I jumped into bed with me navvy boots on
VERSE 5:
F C
It was all of that night we did sport and did play
F G
Never thinking of time as it soon passed away
C F G
Then she leaped out of bed crying, "What have I done?
C F C
For the child will be born with his navvy boots on"
VERSE 6:
F C
I chastised me love so for talking so wild
F G
"Ya foolish young girl, you will never have a child"
C F G
For all that I, ditched her, 'twas only in fun
C F C
Then I ran like hell with me navvy boots on
VERSE 7:
F C
It was very soon after I was summoned to court
F G
To pay for me sins there as every man ought
C F G
I give ten bob a week now to pay for the fun
C F C
That I had that night with me navvy boots on