"It enriched my thinking by seeing their hands and the way they walked and their faces ... which I kind of missed when we were working directly from tape ..."
- John Tams

STEELOS by JOHN TAMS

I 'ad no choice and if I 'ad I'd still 'av chosen steel
They can do their worst agenst us they'll not change the way we feel
Me father's father did it and I know it's all but gone
There were a 100,000 of us along the Rother and the Don.

Goin' down to Steelo's
Get mesen a start
Dunna ler it cobble
It'll tear the place apart
Catch it as it's comin'
Throw the bugger back
Keep your tongs upon the metal
And your eyes upon the track.

I got a start at Steelo's, Me dad put in a word
His dad 'ad done the same for 'im, That's how the work got shared
The mill roared like a dragon's den, the Tongmen prove their power
Catchin' white-hot metal comin' 40 mile an hour.

Goin' down to Steelo's
Get mesen a start
Dunna ler it cobble
It'll tear the place apart
Catch it as it's comin'
Throw the bugger back
Keep your tongs upon the metal
And your eyes upon the track.

Publishing: Topic Records