by Ewan McColl with 2 verses added by Eileen Penman (Dec 2005)
Born in the middle o’ the afternoon
In a horse-drawn wagon on the old A5
The big twelve-wheeler shook my bed
You can’t stop here the policeman said
Chorus:
You’d better get born in some place else
Move along, get along, Move along, get along
Go, Move, Shift
Born at the tattie-liftin’ time
In an old bow tent near a tattie field
The fairmer says the work’s aa done
It’s time that you were movin’ on
You’d better get born in some place else
Move along, get along etc.
Born on a common near a building site
Where the ground is rutted wi’ trailers’ wheels
The local people say tae me
You lower the price of property
You’d better get born in some place else
Move along, get along etc
Born at the back of a blackthorn hedge
Wi the white hoare frost lying all around
No Eastern kings came bearing gifts
Instead the order came tae shift
You’d better get born in some place else
Move along, get along etc
Wagon, tent or trailer born
Last week, last year or in far off days
Born here or a thousand miles away
There’s always men nearby who’ll say
You’d better get born in some place else
Move along, get along etc
(next 2 verses added by EP)
Born in a country full of war and fear
You flee to Britain where you think it’s safe
The politicians say tae me
Not wanted here as a refugee
We’re sending you back to where you came from
Move along, get along, move along,
get along – Go, Move, Shift
Living in Dungavel or in Yarlswood
Children imprisoned in detention camps
They come for you at the crack of dawn
And herd you onto a waiting plane
The government says “No Asylum Here”
Move along, get along, move along,
get along – Go, Move, Shift!