Folk music needed a place of it’s own
And it succeeded in finding a home
Where folk musicians and singers could roam
In The Bridge Hotel
Proudly it stands by the the banks of the Tyne
Views from its windows a journey through time
To all folksingers the place is a shrine
The Bridge Hotel
Chorus:
’The Bridge Hotel’
By the banks of the Tyne
‘The Bridge Hotel’
Is a lady so fine
She belongs to Fitzgerald but she’ll always be mine
‘The Bridge Hotel’.
Handle & Killen back in ‘62
Started the folk club that’s now a who’s who
For all the greats that have played and passed through
The Bridge Hotel
Standing on shoulders are young guns today
Folk Degree students now making their way
Ghosts of the past in the walls as they play
In The Bridge Hotel
Chorus:
Dear Paddy Foley - your lovely wife too
Folks of Newcastle will not forget you
For all the years of the Fitzgerald brew
In ‘The Bridge Hotel’
Let’s raise a glass to a lady divine
Queen of my heart and a part of my time
Home of folk music right next to the Tyne
The Bridge Hotel
