Knopfler, Mark - Why Aye Man Lyrics
We had no way of staying afloat
We had to leave on the ferry boat
Economic refugees
On the run to germany
We had the back of maggie's hand
We got wor tools and working gear
And humped it all from newcastle to here
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
We're the nomad tribes, travelling boys
In the dust and dirt and the racket and the noise
Drills and hammers, diggers and picks
Mixing concrete, laying bricks
United nation's what we've got
Brickies, chippies, every trade
German building, british-made
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Nae more work on maggie's farm
Hadaway down the autobahn
Mine's a portacabin bed
Or a bunk in a nissen hut instead
There's plenty deutschmarks here to earn
And german tarts are wunderschoen
German beer is chemical-free
Germany's alreet with me
Sometimes I miss my river tyne
But you're my pretty fraulein
Tonight we'll drink the old town dry
Keep wor spirit levels high
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
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Knopfler, Mark Why Aye Man Comments
This moment, when the best song about Germany not in german is🥺😍
My dad told me that the English came to Germany at the time to work and a relative's yard was made by them
"On a head of cabbage and on a rag".
have been to work in a Jordy land, this song brings back the memories and feelings.
vay hayy vay hayvan
How can anyone dislike Mark Knopfler’s song?!
Awsum song 😍😍😍
By the way... its 3 o' clock
Im drunk as hell and i dont nmknow why im here
But i like it
SUPPORT FROM ITALY
M
What is it about the Geordie accent? It’s marvellous- and I’m a soft southerner.
Most of the economic refugees today cannot drink alcohol. 🤔
Not german, bayern beer is chemical free
MK is The Master of the Universe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We Germans do not want this scum! 😡 😠 🤬
Wy me man
☝️🙏🙏🙏🤟
Hope Brendas alreet.
lov it.
Марк, творите как можно дольше,Вы нужны нам!!!👏👏👏💖💖💖
Not usual in Mark's solo career (in which I'm often a big fan of the lyrics but the music much less so), here music and lyrics are a perfect blend. I love singing it to myself, especially because of my "love" for all things German. "Les Boys" comes to mind, too.
German Building British made. I wonder if they’re still standing?
Great song from legendary artist
Cheers from Morocco
Sorry, wrong universe ... I'll try again.
Poignant tribute to those displaced by UK industrial decline. Mark one of the few songwriters who can make a hit (or what should be a hit) song from colorful but overlooked niches in history. (see Boom Like That - About Ray Kroc, founder of McDonald's, or Sailing to Philadelphia, etc)
great song
Un crack, como me encanta esta canción.
Auf wiedersehen pet was some show
A concert for Palestine (Gaza) please Mark.
Stfu terrorist
Don't ruin good music with politics.
Hello from Israel 😉
really ed sheeran commercial before mark knopfler? wtf?!? Sheeran could be proud if he is allowed to carry knopflers guitar case!
À. Case
Ronny Fürst sounds like your talking about dick head Alan Shearer
We got wa tools n workin gear n humped it all from Newcastle to here!
What a beautiful song an a beautiful meaning to the song brings back some beautiful memoirs of old times yours sincerely Gary
its all about th e building trade im one of them
A song opener for 'Down the road wherever' 2019 Tour
Was an amazing starter Song 💝👌 at the tour concerts. Simple marvelous. Can't believe the Europe Tour is allready passed😭
Geordies - best lads an lases in bloody UK.I'm Polish but I have feckin lot Geordie's m8s.
Today we will drink the old town dry. Love this.
This is an epic song, first time I heard it, it gave me chills. Plus it was the perfect song for the end of Auf Wiedersehen Pet series 3.
This song reminds me of my grandad who passed away recently:(
Stupendo!
Isn't Mark half Jock though? 🤔
O the 57 Les Paul !
My dad had to work away after they shut his shipyard down on the Tyne the northeast as a hole had it tough during during the 70s80s with the mass loss of industry but we're still here and strong and proud as ever wey aye man
I didn't want to listen to anything by some bloke called Courtney Barnet or watever the fuck his name is or was, sounded crap anyway. (ad that played directly before the thing I ACTUALLY CAME HERE FOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) I'm so sick of unwanted, unsolicited adverts here on YouTube. ARSEHOLES!!!
Macams rule the world
Ships,steel and stones.
Thomas Justin And league 1 football
Ynaa like.
Quality Geordie toon!
Incredible still got it keep going keep it coming listen 4Life
Just checked on Google it is Jimmy nail on backing vocals I knew it was him
Am I the only one to hear Sting in the background vocals?
Probably, because the backing vocals are Jimmy Nail and Tim Healy. Sting sang backing vocals on Money for Nothing by DIre Straits...
This wonderful and unique artist deserves the Noble prize in literature, no doubt. His songs are never banal. He always talks about the real life, the love, the hard and humble works, the war, the disperates, the hope for change, the unemployment and the work as a social redemption, the prevarications of powerful people, the positive and negative aspects of the celebrities, the cynicism of the show business, the economic, social and politic distortions of the modern society, the effects and the crisis of the capitalism ecc. ecc. and all this with precise references historical, social, geographics, literary, cultural and social customs in beautiful and poetic lyrics. God bless Mark Knopfler.
I don't agree in everything he says, he drifts too far into the left, but I will agree with his view on the mainstream
When this song play Chuck Norris is coming to you
Росту!!!!!!Так должен звучать славянский рок!!!!И ОН!!!это понимал когда делал!!!это так сказать ОБУЧЕНИЕ!!!Но если ему пришло такое на ум!!!То можно задуматься?
Накипело
This man is G e n i u s !
Amazing ever song awesome ever thank you Mark
Very close to 'South Sea Girl'.. Love MK... And a huge Chris Rea fan too... Just sayin''.....
He's British ((born)).......
Vyond man!
#Vyond #GoAnimate
Как творит. От всей души.
Love it. Geordie born and bred. Never lived further than a mile from st James or Tyne bridge.
A British brick has got more character!
Gotta love geordies
I went to se this song live in my home city Newcastle
Alreat pet, it's all canny.
A man who is proud of where he's from, who happens to be one of the best rock composer/musicians. Genius, it made me feel proud to be Geordie... I dunno why I'm from the East Midlands!
вольный* перевод песни в исполнении Mark Knopfler - Why Aye Man
*** Да не вопрос, мужики
Мы были не нужны, чтобы остаться.
Мы уплыли в свой отпуск на этом корабле.
Вынужденные подневольные переселенцы,
Бегущие в Германию.
Мэгги показала свою жесть.
Эти времена стали жесткими для Джордии.
Мы получили работу с инструментами и машинотехникой.
И горбились из Ньюкасла, таща все это сюда.
Так точно, есть, само собой разумеется,
Да не вопрос, мужик. Без проблем.
Мы кочевое поколение, путешествующие парни,
В пыли и в грязи с шумом и гамом
Дрелей м молотков, экскаваторов и подъемников.
Смешивающие бетон и укладывающие кирпичи.
Это Англия, Ирландия, Шотландия –
Такая соединенная нация на деле.
На все руки мастера, согласные на любой обмен и торговлю.
Немецкая постройка, сделанная руками Британии.
Само собой разумеется, ОК.
Да не вопрос, мужик. Что за вопрос!
На ферме Мэгги не хватает работы для всех,
Так что уматываем отсюда на автобане.
Вместо обыкновенной постели –
Ночлежка в хибарке на колесах.
Это место с большим количеством Дойчмарок
И с самыми замечательными местными достопримечательностями
Немецкое пиво без химии,
Ведь Германии хорошо с нами.
Изредка я тоскую по своей реке Тайн
Но ты, моя прелестница Фройляйн,
Сегодня вечером мы с тобой выпьем в старом городе,
За мои огромные показатели в трудовых достижениях,
И чтобы у меня всегда было хорошее настроение по дороге на работу.
ОК. Да не вопрос, мужики. Само собой.
Это точно. Не проблема. Давай-давай.
Я*, (С), 01 апреля 2017 г., моя собственная трактовка вольного перевода песни в исполнении Mark Knopfler - Why Aye Man
I REALLY LOVE it!!! Truly - very talented...well sung...well played....well executed - Definitely a masterpiece!!
I like how his hands move about as much as he plays as his mouth moves as he sings
you don't need to buy ticket to travel just hear Mr MK and close your eyes ,,,,,,,,Dear Mark you know how to play with guitar and with our emotions you are the best
Best bit is Time Healy shouting- lovely flourish to end the song.
When you are German and the best songs about Germany are not in german.
Graf Monte von Zott isso
Rammstein would like to have a word with you :)
Great Song! Why does he sing about Germany?🇩🇪
Lots of people from the north east of England went to work in Germany, 70,s 80. Have you not seen auf wiedersen pet.
fear is perhaps the greatest enemy of man, and it characterizes the lack of faith.
because the greater he is, the less or almost nothing will be his courage, so without faith, it is impossible to overcome him.
and faith, it is the antidote capable of preventing, that fear causes somebody to die.
it begins to originate in our emotions and it does not matter the age, so that it has its beginning ...
it can produce uncontrolled anxiety and compussive and ultimately obsessive behavior.
try to give you a zone of comfort offering you isolation, to put you in the other hand of life,
unbalancing his true character and paralyzing his walk ... this is fear the devil's oldest weapon.
fear introduces shame and exasperated shyness, to the point of silencing his voice his groaning his distressing cry
is like a bolt that does not seem to open so that we can enter or leave freely or the tespestade that seems not to pass while the cold bothers us ...
he tries to mate and build his abode within our soul, so after taking control it manifests in the form of illusion ..
so many laughs without flavors, so many dull faces, so many empty hearts.
so much fruit, so much solidao, so much depression, so much despair ...
It is possible to overcome fear, that is the question of someone ...
yea. but fear is a process that we must pass, understand and overcome.
because the purpose of this experience is only to have the strength to fight against it,
faith to overcome their obstacles, and help those who need to depend on God, no matter what desert they are going through.
fear is a vehicle, and it does not exist and if it exists, it can not drive you ...
fear is not quieted by any word, even if the name of God is used, but rather when we do it without any doubt.
you need to know its particles, its properties, its focus.
otherwise he will never overcome or overcome him unless he learns to fight against him.
and if you learn to overcome it, praying less and trusting more ... walking without looking back ... paying more attention, in the things around you ...
reading less and remembering more, than you have learned by putting a good book in your hands.
leaving the door of his understanding always open to you, who forsaken no one.
follow believing a little more about you ...
Levantese, feed, reglita, consult God first, and follow.
yes, you will express strength and courage capable of dissipating, expelling or impeding, its propagation whether inside you or someone else.
yes, the fruit of your faith will become the hope of your victory ...
for the Lord says, do not fear, for I am with you. amen
who is afraid to live, needs courage not to die.
We had no way of staying afloat
We had to leave on the ferry boat
Economic refugees
On the run to Germany
We had the back of Maggie's hand
Times were tough in geordieland
We got work tools and working gear
And humped it all from Newcastle to here
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
We're the nomad tribes, traveling boys
In the dust and dirt and the racket and the noise
Drills and hammers, diggers and picks
Mixing concrete, laying bricks
There's English, Irish, Scots, the lot
United nation's what we've got
Brickies, chippies, every trade
German building, British-made
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Nae more work on Maggie's farm
Hadaway down the autobahn
Mine's a portacabin bed
Or a bunk in a nissen hut instead
There's plenty Deutschmarks here to earn
And German tarts are wunderschoen
German beer is chemical-free
Germany's alright with me
Sometimes I miss my river Tyne
But you're my pretty Fraulein
Tonight we'll drink the old town dry
Keep work spirit levels high
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
He must be one of if not the greatest performer singer
writer this country has produced, love the likes of Bowie Stones Led Zep etc
but he is the greatest.
Why aye man! Greatest TV show of all time . Oz,Barry,Wayne,Den,Nev,Mox and Bomb.
Does the story described in the song regard times after WW2 or before? In my city (Lodz, Poland) there were some people from the U.K. including Newcastle, mainly mechanics who were taking care of the machines used in textile industry which bloomed in Lodz in the late 19th century. They (along with some German players) even established a football club "Newcastle" in 1909 which lasted till outbreak of WW1. In 1911 they became the champions of the Lodzer Fussball League..
Its a song about the 1980s and the bitch thatcher tried destroyed and decimate the working class men and woman so they had to leave the uk to find work abroad. The song is sung with the north east accent of which there were many polish who lived and worked around here also.
Quando virá em nosso Brasil novamente? ❤🇧🇷MK AMOR pra sempre!!❤❤👅
We had no way of staying afloat
We had to leave on the ferry boat
Economic refugees
On the run to Germany
We had the back of Maggie's hand
Times were tough in Geordieland
We got wor tools and working gear
And humped it all from Newcastle to here
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
We're the nomad tribes, travelling boys
In the dust and dirt and the racket and the noise
Drills and hammers, diggers and picks
Mixing concrete, laying bricks
There's English, Irish, Scots, the lot
United nation's what we've got
Brickies, chippies, every trade
German building, British-made
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Nae more work on Maggie's farm
Hadaway down the autobahn
Mine's a portacabin bed
Or a bunk in a nissen hut instead
There's plenty deutschmarks here to earn
And german tarts are wunderschoen
German beer is chemical-free
Germany's alreet with me
Sometimes I miss my river tyne
But you're my pretty fraulein
Tonight we'll drink the old town dry
Keep wor spirit levels high
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Why aye man, why aye, why aye man
Hallo Mark Wery good songs you dooooooooooooooooooo
I'm here because i was born a geordie and Sting's a wanker
A love being a Geordie.
Excelente como sempre é Mark Knofler
Fucking brilliant! Mark Knopfler is a bloody legend!
Il nuovo album con questa canzone mi piace assai.
Proud of my people and my region Why Aye Man!!
Why Aye Man the Geordie nation!!!!
Why aye man? Thought he was Glaswegian!
He grew up in Northumberland, near Newcastle.
♪♫♥ ;)
amazing
A north east man singing in a north east accent what a belta hahah
Wow!!!!
Great track. The roots of Appalachia evident in this offering from Geordie-land.
Great great
Another killer tune from Mr Knopfler. ;)
English Irish Scotch the lot ...love this song. Simply wonderful.
How People can dislike this song there s no possible way I could dislike this song because this man has voice that make me wanna start singing all day this song and again and again
Btw, the prog is on pause as I listen on YT!
I’m watching ‘Wastemen’ on BBC2, heard it, and had to look it up on YT. Very catchy. Had no idea MK had sung this. Excellent.
LOve this ever Mark thank you topssssssss