Grimsby

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As I lay dreaming  
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in my  
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bed
 
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cross 
 
 
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the 
 
 
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great 
 
 
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di
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vide
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I thought I heard the  
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trawler 
 
boats
 
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turning on the  
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tide  
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And in this vision  
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of my  
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home
 
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shin
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gle 
 
 
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beach 
 
 
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did 
 
 
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rin
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g  
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I saw the lights a
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long the pier
 
That  
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made my senses  
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sing  
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Oh oh  
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Grimsby, a  
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thous
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and 
 
delights
 
Couldn’t  
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match the sweet sights
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Of 
 
 
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my 
 
 
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Grimsby
 
Oh  
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England you’re fair
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But 
 
 
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there’s 
 
 
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none 
 
 
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to compare  
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with 
 
 
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my  
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Grims
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by
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Through nights of mad youth
 
I have  
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loved every sluice in your  
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harbour 
 
 
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And  
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in your wild sands from  
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boyhood to man
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Strangers have found themselves  
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fathers

Take me back you rustic town

I miss your magic charm
Just to smell your candy floss
Or drink in the Skinners Arms
No Cordon Bleu can match the beauty
Of your pies and peas
I want to ride your fairground
Take air along the quay

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