Sailing To Philadelphia Lyrics
I am Jeremiah Dixon I am a Geordie boy
A glass of wine with you sir and the ladies I´ll enjoy
All Durham and Northumberland is measured up by my own hand
It was my fate from birth to make my mark upon the earth
He calls me Charlie Mason a stargazer am I
It seems that I was born to chart the evening sky
They`d cut me out for baking bread but I had other dreams instead
This baker`s boy from the west country
would join the Royal Society...
We are sailing to Philadelphia a world away form the coaly Tyne
Sailing to Philadelphia to draw the line
The Mason-Dixon Line
Now you`re a good surveyor Dixon but I swear you`ll make me mad
The West will kill us both you gullible Geordie lad
You talk of liberty how can America be free
A Geordie and a baker`s boy in the forests of the Iroquois...
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Now hold your head up Mason see America lies there
The morning tide has raised the capes of Delaware
Come up and feel the sun a new morning is begun
Another day will make it clear why your stars should guide us here...
We are sailing to Philadelphia...
