Novocastrean Sweat

 I may have wrote a few versions of this over the years. This goes back to 2010


NOVOCASTRIAN SWEAT


I was born just a breath away from the ocean

Near a beach that is popular for surfin'

My youth days were filled with excitement

In Newcastle they're not short of entertainment

The blue collar boys taught me all about life

Not to forget some migrants that I knew from Fife

The steelworks once contributed to the bread

But no longer they do something else instead


But now I've moved away

And I'll go back there some day

You know I've no regret

Growing up on Novocastrian Sweat


I got some friends they worked in a coal mine

They remember the strike back in 1949

And had to struggle to buy food and groceries

Helped by friends that worked in factories

They play a guitar and sing songs to greet

When busking in the mall in Hunter street

Ambassadors of nightlife fill the tavern

I've never ever driven an FJ Holden


But now I've moved away

And I'll go back there some day

You know I've no regret

Growing up on Novocastrian Sweat


Merchant ships tied up from other ports

With hands that mix with blokes on the wharf

They share stories and a laugh and a brew

And invite them around for a barbecue

The weekends are enjoyed by all

That see their local side play football

I'd see jelly fish drifting up the Hunter river

And whales swim out at sea near a Clipper


But now I've moved away

And I'll go back there some day

You know I've no regret

Growing up on Novocastrian Sweat


Beswick27/08/2010


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