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Ha’way The Lads

Robbie Kennedy Bennett

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 The April wind blew strong
From the north east sea,
Even though that breeze blew hard
The sun shone down on me.

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 Ha’way the lads he shouted
And the breeze blew harder still,
Ha’way the lads he shouted
This man upon the hill.

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 The April wind blew stronger
As I heard his north east call,
Ha’way the lads he shouted
To the boys who kicked the ball.

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 He still calls out behind me
In the wind up by that coast,
This Sunderland voice shouts loudly
For the team he loves the most.

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 The sky grew heavy quickly
And soon the rain did fall,
Ha’way the lads he shouted
To the boys who kicked the ball.

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 These lads were young and wiry
They could hardly fill their kit,
The stripes were heavy and sodden
Their teeth were tightly grit.

7 Leave a comment on verse 7 0 Yes the sky grew heavy quickly
Even though the sun still shone,
In the strange north eastern weather
His call he carried on.

8 Leave a comment on verse 8 0 Ha’way the lads he shouted
Ha’way to one and all,
Ha’way the lads he shouted
To the boys who kicked the ball.

9 Leave a comment on verse 9 0 Robbie Kennedy Bennett

© Robbie Kennedy Bennett 2004

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/haway-the-lads/