The Mackem Folk Singer puts memories into song
THE MAN WHO BROUGHT US ‘FISH AND CHIPS’, ‘RIVER WEAR BAIRNS’ AND ‘BOOKIES RUNNER’ HAS ANOTHER GREAT DITTY ... THE MEMORIES COME FLOODING BACK WITH ‘DID YEH EVER GANN TO THE MECCA’
Did Yeh Ever Gann To The Mecca? Dave Murray would love to know.
The keen Sunderland singer has composed a song all about his beloved days at the venue in the city.
It’s a three-minute ditty filled with fun verses and it starts with the following lines.
“Did yeh ever gann to the Mecca, did yeh ever gann to Genevieves,
“Did yeh ever have lang hair or wear an Afghan coat, and bell bottom jeans,
“Did yeh ever dance away the hours,
“At the Mecca on a Friday and Saturday night,
“Did yeh ever walk round in circles,
“Up and down them stairs a hundred times a night,
“Drinking Tartan beer and Lorimer’s scotch, Bacardi and Coke – on the rocks, “Babycham and Cherry B, “Scampi in a basket, chicken and chips, hot dog burgers, Oxo crisps,
“Did Yeh Ever Gann to the Mecca just like me.”
Dave sent us the catchy little tune on social media after we posted a photograph of the outside of Genevieve’s earlier this month.
We asked for your memories and more than 400 of you responded.
Another 120,000 of you saw the post but only Dave turned to song, and you can hear his nightclub rhyme on our website.
Dave told us: “I have been writing songs about Sunderland for years, about the people and life in general.”
“Up and down the stairs a hundred times a night” DAVE MURRAY