Released on June 28, 1974

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[Verse 1]

As I lay dreaming in my bed

Across the great divide

I thought I heard the trawler boats

Returning on the tide

And in this vision of my home

The shingle beach did ring

I saw the lights along the pier

That made my senses sing


[Chorus]

Oh, oh, Grimsby, a thousand delights

Couldn't match the sweet sights

Of my Grimsby

Oh, England you're fair

But there's none to compare

With my Grimsby


[Post-Chorus]

Through nights of mad youth

I have loved every sluice in your harbor

And in your wild sands from boyhood to man

Strangers have found themselves fathers


[Verse 2]

Take me back you rustic town

I miss your magic charm

Just to smell your candy floss

Or drink in the Skinners Arms (Drink in the Skinners Arms)

No Cordon Bleu can match the beauty

Of your pies and peas

I want to ride your fairground

Take air along the quay


[Chorus]

Oh, oh, Grimsby, a thousand delights

Couldn't match the sweet sights

Of my Grimsby

Oh, England you're fair

But there's none to compare

With my Grimsby


[Post-Chorus]

Through nights of mad youth

I have loved every sluice in your harbor

And in your wild sands from boyhood to man

Strangers have found themselves fathers


[Chorus]

Grimsby, a thousand delights

Couldn't match the sweet sights

Of my Grimsby

Oh, England you're fair

But there's none to compare

With my Grimsby

Grimsby, a thousand delights

Couldn't match the sweet sights

Of my Grimsby

Oh, England you're fair

But there's none to compare

With my Grimsby