“Oh me lads, you should’ve seen us gannin’ Passing the folks along the road Just as they were stannin’ Aal the lads and lasses there Aal wi’ smilin’ faces Gannin along the Scotswood Road To see the Blaydon Races We went to Blaydon Races ‘Twas on the 9th of June Eighteen Hundred and Sixty Two…