DURHAM TOWN (The Leavin')

I've got to leave old Durham town
I've got to leave old Durham town
I've got to leave old Durham town
and the leavin's gonna get me down

back in nineteen forty-four
I remember daddy walking out the door
mama told me he was going to war : he was leavin'
leavin' leavin' leavin' leavin' me ...

when I was a boy I spent my time
sitting on the banks of the river Tyne
watching all the ships going down the line : they were leaving
leavin' leavin' leavin' leavin' me ...

the last week mama passed away
«goodbye son» was all she'd say
«there's no cause for me to stay so I'm leaving
leavin' leavin' leavin' leavin' free ...»

             roger whittaker