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Men O' Worth

by The McCalmans

on Flames On The Water (1990)

Leave the land behind you, laddie, with better days to find
The companies have the money and they'll soon teach you the skills
Green fields far away, laddie, the forties and the brae
Be a madman or a roustabout, you'll soon learn how to drill
But who will tend me sheep when I'm far o'er the deep?
On the Neptune or the Seaquest when the snow comes o'er the hill

Leave the fishing trade, laddie, there's money to be made
The hard life and the Shetlands are all but bygone day
Come to Aberdeen, laddie, sights you've never seen
Be a welder on the pipeline or a fitter at Mc
Veigh
But when the job is over and my boat rots on the shore
How will I feed my family when the companies move away?

There's harbours to be built, laddie, rigs to tow and tilt
To rest upon the ocean bed, like pylons in the sea
Pipelines to be laid and a hundred different trades
That'll give a decent living wage to the likes of you and me
I ken you're men of worth, you're the best that's in the north
Not men of greed, but men who need the work that comes your way

From Fluttock to Kishore a new industry is born
Now Peterhead and Comarty will never be the same