Mark Knopfler: Sailing To Philadelphia<\/p>\n
I am Jeremiah Dixon
\nI am a Geordie Boy
\nA glass of wine with you, sir
\nAnd the ladies I’ll enjoy
\nAll Durham and Northumberland
\nIs measured up by my own hand
\nIt was my fate from birth
\nTo make my mark upon the earth…<\/p>\n
He calls me Charlie Mason
\nA stargazer am I
\nIt seems that I was born
\nTo chart the evening sky
\nThey’d cut me out for baking bread
\nBut I had other dreams instead
\nThis baker’s boy from the west country
\nWould join the Royal Society…<\/p>\n
We are sailing to Philadelphia
\nA world away from the coaly Tyne
\nSailing to Philadelphia
\nTo draw the line
\nThe Mason-Dixon line<\/p>\n
[Taylor]
\nNow you’re a good surveyor, Dixon
\nBut I swear you’ll make me mad
\nThe West will kill us both
\nYou gullible Geordie lad
\nYou talk of liberty
\nHow can America be free
\nA Geordie and a baker’s boy
\nIn the forest of the Iroquois…<\/p>\n
Now hold your head up, Mason
\nSee America lies there
\nThe morning tide has raised
\nThe capes of Delaware
\nCome up and feel the sun
\nA new morning is begun
\nAnother day will make it clear
\nWhy your stars should guide us here…<\/p>\n
We are sailing to Philadelphia
\nA world away from the coaly Tyne
\nSailing to Philadelphia
\nTo draw the line
\nThe Mason-Dixon line<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mark Knopfler: Sailing To Philadelphia I am Jeremiah Dixon I am a Geordie Boy A glass of wine with you, sir And the ladies I’ll enjoy All Durham and Northumberland Is measured up by my own hand It was my fate from birth To make my mark upon the earth… He calls me Charlie Mason … <\/p>\n