Poetic-Verses
My Calton
My Calton August 7,2017
You can sing about the town you love, Derry and the gas yard wall
The Calton is my town, just love the Gallowgate
No fancy bars or great big cars, no employment here
No castle on the street, we hear drums but don't retreat
No entry to the Gallowgate in this Irish part of town
They beat their drums and escape on an English named street
We're not alone in the place we call home
Many friends close by, sixty thousand every week
Irish people came here to Glasgow by the Clyde
No jobs to be found, they brought their Irish pride
Welcome to Glasgow, Their Irish names they had to hide
The looked the same as others, no employment to be found
The struggle continues "no Irish need apply"
Glasgow's East end with winning ways
The other side of town with their cheating ways
Just love my Calton in the town Celtic plays
Sectarian free Calton sends a message of shame
Equality and justice in this part of town
You can sing about the town you love, Derry and the gas yard wall
The Calton is my town, just love the Gallowgate
Gerrard McGeachy
You can sing about the town you love, Derry and the gas yard wall
The Calton is my town, just love the Gallowgate
No fancy bars or great big cars, no employment here
No castle on the street, we hear drums but don't retreat
No entry to the Gallowgate in this Irish part of town
They beat their drums and escape on an English named street
We're not alone in the place we call home
Many friends close by, sixty thousand every week
Irish people came here to Glasgow by the Clyde
No jobs to be found, they brought their Irish pride
Welcome to Glasgow, Their Irish names they had to hide
The looked the same as others, no employment to be found
The struggle continues "no Irish need apply"
Glasgow's East end with winning ways
The other side of town with their cheating ways
Just love my Calton in the town Celtic plays
Sectarian free Calton sends a message of shame
Equality and justice in this part of town
You can sing about the town you love, Derry and the gas yard wall
The Calton is my town, just love the Gallowgate
Gerrard McGeachy