[Verse 1] Me name is John Longstaff, in Stockton I was born On a cold December morning, my eyes first saw the dawn Me grandad was a sailor, he wore the jacket too And when I found his old sea chest, I thought I'd be one too Now when I was 10 the slump began and I did not know why My belly should be empty and my lips should be dry There were jam jars for cups and there were newspapers for plates And all us kids a-waiting outside the factory gates And it's [Chorus] "Mister! Mister! Mister!" wе said "Mister! Mister! Mister!" wе bled "Mister! Mister!" we sang like the dead "Mister! Oh, Mister! Can you spare any bread?" [Verse 2] One day we pinched two duck eggs from a shop on Norton Road And we ran back to Willie's house to cook our little load But Willie's mum, she were so poor, she never had a pan So we thre them in the kettle and soon it boiled and sang But two rozzers traced us and they searched the whole house through They found the pantry empty and all our stomachs too Says Willie's mum "Would you like some tea? The kettle's on the job" Those rozzers smiled and shook their heads and they left her two bob Chorus] "Mister! Mister! Mister!" we said "Mister! Mister! Mister!" we bled "Mister! Mister!" we sang like the dead "Mister! Oh, Mister! Can you spare any bread?" [Verse 3] When I left school at 14, I found meself a job 12 hours a day in the rolling mill I toiled for my 8 bob With the furnace men, the roller and the heaver over man And the scars from those sharp edge springs I've still got on my hands But one day misfortune took the heel from off me clog And down upon the black hot steel, I fell like a dog There were burns on me back and hands, I couldn't carry on And when I left the hospital I found my job had gone Chorus] "Mister! Mister! Mister!" we said "Mister! Mister! Mister!" we bled "Mister! Mister!" we sang like the dead "Mister! Oh, Mister! Can you spare any bread?" [Verse 4] Out of work in '34 and too young for the dole Buried under ashes like a lump of idle coal There were men marching to London so in with them I slung But when I said I was 15 they said I was too young So secretly I stalked them at a slower rate Through Darlington, Northallerton, Thirsk, and Harrogate And when we reached the town of Leeds they found out me plan They said that I could march with them, for now I was a man
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