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Colum Sands
	Year:	1989
	Album:	THE MARCH DITCH
	Song:	Newry market
Words & Music Colum Sands, Elm Grove Music Colum Sands: vocals, guitar, concertina Ben Sands: mandoline, backing vocals Anne Kean: Vocals
Chorus: For it happens here in Newry and it happens twice a week, The likes of ti you'll never find no matter whereyou seek, On Thursdays and on Saturdays the crowds come tumbling in, For Newry Market has it all from an achor to a pin. There's ribbons for your lady's hair and stockings for her toes, Buy her a Walkman from Japan and music wherever she goes, Fashions fresh from Pakistan and some a century old, If you miss the Newry Market, now don't say you weren't told. Chorus Apples, fresh bananas! Would you like to buy a pear? There's graips and spades and bill hooks in the corner over there Hamers, chisels, hacksaws and home made apple pie, And someone's just about to buy my great grand uncle's tie. Chorus Ther's jewellery an dcabbage plants and flowers there as well And cherry trees in blossom you can nearly see the smell, Of fish and chips for dinner, fresh herring from Ardglass, And fish net tights to fit most types of size or creed or class. Chorus You can buy a penny whistle you can buy a bodhran too, An dice cream from the little van if you will join the queue, Gospel records by the score though they may be scored I fear, For some of them are playing here for more than twenty years. Chorus An ould black coat whose owner died, seven years ago, Is changing hands as slapping palms strike out a bargain blow, As a gospel record plays a song of live beyond the grave, The ould coat walks out through the gate and another soul is saved. Chorus There's ancient books and furiture and clocks which sometimes chime, Like people in the market they have stood the test of time, The list goes on and so must, but first I will write down, That it's in the market you will find the heart of Newry town. Chorus 2x