_The Gillroyd Parade_
 by The Gillroyd Parade

Chorus (all):
Starts down in Potternewton
Winds up in Morely town
The ladies in their best dress
The men in their night gowns
It's watched o'er by the rich folk
The poor and underpaid
There's no admission fee to see
The Gillroyd Parade

Verse (one):
Beginning up on Bracken Edge
The trees all in their dew
Down past all the sycamores
In their avenue
Through the park it romps about
What bands and games are played
The endless entertainment of
The Gillroyd Parade

Chorus (all):
Starts down in Potternewton
Winds up in Morely town
The ladies in their best dress
The men in their night gowns
If you like to take the grass
Or lie upon its blade
It's inconsequential to
The Gillroyd Parade

Verse (one):
Through Sheepscar Marsh it thunders on
And up the other side
The brass and finery and noise
The bridegrooms and their brides
The view of Halifax is sweet
But that town is far too staid
For the atavistic pleasures of
The Gillroyd Parade

Chorus (all):
Starts down in Potternewton
Winds up in Morely town
The ladies in their best dress
The men in their night gowns
The robustly heterosexual
The lesbianed and gayed
It's of a muchness when you ride
The Gillroyd Parade

Verse (one):
Then it pounds down Armley way
On Gelderd Road we land
The shanty-singing glory of
This shilly-shally band
Past footballers and rockclimbers
Past 'cemetry of the dead
Who leap to join the living in
The Gillroyd Parade

Chorus (all):
Starts down in Potternewton
Winds up in Morely town
The ladies in their best dress
The men in their night gowns
The lovely and the ugly and
The partially decayed
If you've a leg to shake then join
The Gillroyd Parade

Verse (one):
We head on into Morely
And down the Chartist's Way
With all the creed and hues and
Cultures of the day
The BNP can fuck off, their
Forefathers they've betrayed
It's equal opps enjoyment on
The Gillroyd Parade

Chorus (all):
Starts down in Potternewton
Winds up in Morely town
The ladies in their best dress
The men in their night gowns
There's black and brown and red and
The yellow and the greyed
A rainbow coalition heads
The Gillroyd Parade





_Chords_
(to the tune of The Wabash Cannonball)

D
Starts down in Potternewton
G
Winds up in Morely town
A
The ladies in their best dress
A                      D
The men in their night gowns
D
It's watched o'er by the rich folk
G
The poor and underpaid
A
There's no admission fee to see
A             D
The Gillyroyd Parade


(Same for the verses)