We all carry feelings warm
For the place where we were born
Mine I think of every dawn
South Shields Town to which I’m sworn
Chorus:
Canny Shields canny Shields
My home town is canny Shields
Fish & ships & pulley wheels
My home town is canny Shields
There’s a fort where Romans fought
High above the seaside port
South Shields town where Wouldhave wrought
World’s first lifeboat I was taught
Chorus:
Kittiwakes at Marsden Rock
Business Park at old Tyne Dock
Boating lake and town hall clock
Customs House where people flock
Chorus:
Statue stands near North Sea shore
John Kirkpatrick - Anzac Corps
On his donkey that man bore
Hundreds in the First World War
Chorus:
Catherine Cookson with her pen
Traced the lives of wives and men
From the Shields of way back when
Brought them back to life again
Chorus:
Westoe Pit where mining moles
Under North Sea dug the coals
All gone now as by time rolls
That’s my town of canny souls
