Yorkshire (I've Seen It All) Lyrics

I grew up on the mean streets of Menston and Ilkley

But those aren't the only places I've been

I've been around, I've seen it all

I've been to Bradford and Leeds

Now I'm living in Bingley

Been to Swillington Drighlington been to Baildon and Tingley

Been to Sheffield Slowett Stanley Selby and Skipton

Giggleswick Grassington Garforth Guiseley and Gipton

I've had bevvies in Beverley, got on it in Ossett

Sang a song in Tong with a fella from Hong Kong

Bramley Chapel Allerton and Wath on Dearne

Sowerby Bridge Seacroft Settle and Saltburn

Been to Woodlesford, Wakey, been to Kippax and Cas

Went to Eureka as a kid and honestly thought it was class

If I need to go to Ikea, I hop it over to Birstall

For the cinema and the bowling though it's usually Kirkstall

Seen sheep, cows, pigs and chickens running through farms

Dodged pheasants and deer on the road up by the Rythre Arms

Hornsea and Hull, Sherburn in Elmet and Pudsey

Been disgusted by the prices of the houses in Alwoodley

Jumped the bracken in Addingham rented a room in Broom

Whatever you did in Winstons it's not for me to presume

I saw a hare in Harewood a hippy in Hipperholme

A horse in Horsforth Robin Koch at Elland Road

I saw Zak Dingle near the cricket club in Thackley

Chris Wilder in Otley, Deontay in Batley

Shipley and Saltaire, Haworth it's all home

In school we once went swimming at the Doncaster Dome

My brother just started renting in the centre of York

Lishmans and Wilson's always sorted me out with pork

I've been to Chapeltown Rothwell out to Whitby and Flamborough

Sung along with Billy Pearce at the Bradford Alhambra

Been to Micklethwaite Manningham Meanwood Morley East Morton

Huddersfield, Harden Rotherham Roundhay and Rawdon

Hebden Bridge Hunslet Harehills Harrogate and Heckmondwyke

I lost my lucky lighter at the laundrette in Laisterdyke

Lofthouse, Frizinghall, Huby and Weeton

Out to Robin Hood's Bay back to Queensbury and Steeton

Been to Buckton and Leathley, Armley and Beeston

Knaresborough and Keighley, Scarborough and Yeadon

Belle Isle sounds like paradise to those who've never bin

The rain in Wetwang does what it says on the tin

I've been to Gildersome Whinmoor Shadwell Thornton and Farsley

Blubberhouses Bramham Brimham Rocks and Barnsley

As a kid we took the bucket and the spade to Filey

Back when Esholt had Shadrach and Lisa Riley

That's right

I've been there and I've seen a lot

I admit there's probably even some I might've forgot

Like when I ate an Apple, in Apperly Bridge

When I burned in Burnsall cooked in Cookridge

I've been to Malham, Masham, Moortown, and Middleton

Calverley, Dewsbury, Wortley and Riddlesden

Someone followed me in Cleckheaton and I had to skedaddle

I met my idol in Idle and had a paddle in Adel

I've been to Aysgarth Falls I tell you I seen it all

Every week I went to BNI at Weetwood Hall

Holbeck, Malton, Arthington and Wilsden

Gargrave, Farnley, Ingleton and Silsden

Halifax, Ponte, Ripon and Low Moor

There can't be many more places that I haven't explored

Burley in Wharfedale conjures a lot of memories

I'll be here when I'm gone, but I don't know that I'll ever be

Like a student in Headingley or Bielsa in Wetherby

I want to leave a mark on the streets that I roam

A legacy for better in this county we call home

The most passionate compassionate people I've ever known

You've got a friend in me, and so you're never alone

When I'm around in town take a minute to say hello

Cos I'll be gone in a flash there's still some places I've got to go

I haven't been to Penistone or Featherstone or Goole

And all the rest I didn't get in but I'll seeing them soon

Hahahahahahahaaaaaa

Oh no you've gotta be kidding, I missed out Ben Rhydding