Roll Northumbria Colm R. McGuinness

[Verse 1]
'Twas late '65, at the old Wallsea Yard
She was commissioned to haul the black tar
Built the Northumbria there on the bar
Roll Northumbria, roll

For when the Egyptians, they closed the Red Sea
A call came on high from the powers that be
To build a royal monster right down the key
Roll Northumbria roll, me boys
Roll Northumbria, roll

[Verse 2]
Carpathia, Vengeance, Celestial call
She was the tanker to outsize 'em all
From the banks of the Mersey, to the port of Hulal
Roll Northumbria, roll

And fair princess Anne thrеw a bottle of wine
And watched as thе giant set down in the Tyne
What lay ahead could no mortal divine
Roll Northumbria roll, me boys
Roll Northumbria, roll

[Chorus]
And it's one for the hot sun above
Two for the empire we love
And it's three for the fire that burns down below
Roll on Northumbria
Roll Northumbria, roll