June Tabor - Shipbuilding
 Is it worth it
 A new winter coat and shoes for the wife
 And a bicycle on the boy's birthday?
 It's just a rumor that was spread around town
 By the women and children
 Soon we'll be shipbuilding
 Well, I ask you, the boy said
 "Dad, they're going to take me to task but I'll be back by Christmas"
 It's just a rumor that was spread around town
 Somebody said that someone got filled in
 For saying that people get killed in the result of this shipbuilding
 With all the will in the world
 Diving for dear life when we could be diving for pearls
 It's just a rumor that was spread around town
 A telegram or a picture postcard
 Within weeks they'll be re-opening the shipyards
 And notifying the next of kin once again
 It's all we're skilled in, we will be shipbuilding
 With all the will in the world
 Diving for dear life when we could be diving for pearls
 With all the will in the world
 Diving for dear life