Intro:



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I'm







Verse 1:



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Jeremiah Dixon I am a Geordie boy A glass of wine with you, sir And the



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ladies I'll enjoy All Durham and Northumberland Is measured up by my own



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hand It was my fate from birth To make my mark upon the



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earth.



Verse 2:



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...



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We are sailing to Philadelphia



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A world away from the coaly Tyne



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Sailing to Philadelphia



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To draw the line



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A Mason-Dixon Line



Verse 3:



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...



Verse 4:



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 has begun

Another day will make it clear

Why your stars should guide us here...



Chorus:



We are sailing to Philadelphia

A world away from the coaly Tyne

Sailing to Philadelphia

To draw the line

A Mason-Dixon Line





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