[Intro]
  

[Verse 1]
      
'Twas late '65

 at the old wa

ll sea yard
             
She was commis

          
sioned to haul

 the black tar
            
Built the Nort

            
humbria there 

on the bar
           
Roll, Northumb

     
ria, Roll

[Verse 2]
    
For when the E

gyptians they 

closed the Red

 Sea
             
A call came on

              
 high from the

 
 powers that b

e
            
To build a roy

              
al monster rig

   
ht down on the

 quay
           
Roll, Northumb

     
ria, Roll, me 

boys
           
Roll, Northumb

     
ria, Roll

[Verse 3]
   
Carpathia, Ven

geance, Celest

ial call
             
She was the ta

        
nker to outsiz

e them all
            
From the banks

              
 of the Mersey

        
 to the port o

f Hulal
           
Roll, Northumb

     
ria, Roll

[Verse 4]
    
And fair Princ

ess Anne threw

 a bottle of w

ine
             
And watched as

              
 the giant set

 
 down in the T

yne
            
What lay ahead

          
 could no mort

al divine
           
Roll, Northumb

     
ria, Roll, me 

boys
           
Roll, Northumb

     
ria, Roll

[Chorus]
             
And it's one f

              
or the hot sun

  
 above
            
Two for the em

        
pire we love
             
And it's three

              
 for the fire 

     
that burns dow

n below
           
Roll on Northu


mbria
           
Roll, Northumb

     
ria, Roll

[Instrumental]
      

[Chorus]
             
And it's one f

              
or the hot sun

  
 above
            
Two for the em

        
pire we love
             
And it's three

              
 for the fire 

     
that burns dow

n below
           
Roll on Northu


mbria
           
Roll, Northumb

      
ria, Roll

[Verse 5]
        
So come all yo

u good workmen

, beware the c

ommand
             
That comes dow

              
n on high from

     
 the desk of a

 man
            
Who's never he

            
ld steel or to

rch in his han

ds
           
Roll, Northumb

     
ria, Roll

[Verse 6]
     
For atop a wil

d breaker, the

 cracks in her

 frame
             
Spilled her bl

              
ack guts all a


cross the wild

 main
            
She limped awa

             
y through an o


cean of flame
           
Roll, Northumb

     
ria, Roll, me 

boys
           
Roll, Northumb

     
ria, Roll

[Chorus]
             
And it's one f

              
or the hot sun

  
 above
            
Two for the em

        
pire we love
             
And it's three

              
 for the fire 

     
that burns dow

n below
           
Roll on Northu


mbria
           
Roll, Northumb

      
ria, Roll