Tough Old Town Songtext
von The Sheringham Shantymen

You′re just a northern fishing town beside a salty river
A working town without mush time for rime
The North Sea's been your livelihood your taker and your giver
And the East wind washes ′round you like a tide

And I can feel you reach to greet me, when I am homeward bound
You lift me up when life has laid me down
My journey's end will always be where seagulls sing rough harmony
And tall skies crumble to the sea, beside this tough old town

And even for the mariner in wilder winter weather
A market for the countryman to share
The farmer and the fisherman it's here they came together
To build a town with bricks of hope and care

And I can feel you reach to greet me, when I am homeward bound
You lift me up when life has laid me down
My journey′s end will always be where seagulls sing rough harmony
And tall skies crumble to the sea, beside this tough old town


The gales have drowned a thousand men a time to town remembers
We dried our tears and put to sea once more
The streets had feared the flames of war and risen from the embers
This tough old town has seen it all before

And I can feel you reach to greet me, when I am homeward bound
You lift me up when life has laid me down
My journey′s end will always be where seagulls sing rough harmony
And tall skies crumble to the sea, beside this tough old town

Today our trawlers rust away a sad scrapyard reminds us
Of fishing grounds forgotten and denied
The North Sea tides will turn again you'll feel the wind grow kinder
Our sons will sail again from Humberside

And I can feel you reach to greet me, when I am homeward bound
You lift me up when life has laid me down (laid me down)
My journey′s end will always be where seagulls sing rough harmony
And tall skies crumble to the sea, beside this tough old town

My journey's end will always be where seagulls sing rough harmony
And tall skies crumble to the sea, beside this tough old town