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This is the PlaceManchester! This is the place in the North West of EnglandIt’s ace, it’s the best and the songs that we singFrom the stands, from our bands set the whole planet shakingOur inventions are legends! There’s nowt we can’t make andSo we make brilliant music. We make brilliant bandsWe make goals that make souls leap from seats in the standsAnd we make things from steel and we make things from cottonAnd we make people laugh, take the mick summat rottenAnd we make you at home and we make you feel welcomeAnd we make summat happen, we can’t seem to help itAnd if you’re looking for history then yes, we’ve a wealthBut the Manchester way is to make it yourselfAnd make us a record, a new number oneAnd make us a brew while you’re up, love. Go on!And make us feel proud that you’re winning the leagueAnd make us sing louder and make us believe itthat this is the place that has helped shape the worldAnd that this the place where a Manchester girlName of Emmeline Pankhurst from the streets of Moss SideLed a Suffragette City with sisterhood prideAnd this is the place with appliance of scienceWe’re on it, atomic, we strut with defianceIn the face of a challenge we always stand tallMancunians in union delivered it allSuch as housing and libraries, and health, educationAnd unions and co-ops, the first railway stationSo we’re sorry! Bear with us! We invented commuters!But we hope you forgive us – we invented computers!And this is the place Henry Royce strolled with RollsAnd we’ve rocked and we’ve rolled with our own Northern SoulAnd so this is the place to do business, then danceWhere go-getters and goal setters know they’ve a chanceAnd this is the place where we first played as kidsAnd me Mam lived and died here, she loved it she didAnd this is the place where our folks came to workWhere they struggled in puddles, they hurt in the dirtAnd they built us a city. They built us these townsAnd they coughed on the cobbles to the deafening soundOf the steaming machines and the screaming of slavesThey were scheming for greatness, they dreamed to their gravesAnd they left us a spirit, they left us a vibeThat Mancunian Way to survive and to thriveAnd to work and to build, to connect and create andGreater Manchester’s greatness is keeping it greatAnd so this is the place now we’ve kids of our ownSome are born here, some drawn here, but we all call it homeAnd they’ve covered the cobbles, but they’ll never defeatAll the dreamers and schemers who still teem through these streetsBecause this is a place that has been through some hard timesOppressions, recessions, depressions and dark timesBut we keep fighting back with Greater Manchester spiritNorthern grit, northern wit in Greater Manchester’s lyricsAnd there’s hard times again in these streets of our cityBut we won’t take defeat and we don’t want your pityBecause this a place where we stand strong togetherWith a smile on our face, Mancunians ForeverBecause this is the place in our hearts, in our homesBecause this is the place that’s a part of our bonesBecause Manchester gives us such strength from the factThat this is the place. We should give something back.Always remember. Never forget. Forever Manchester.Choose Love.By Tony Walsh ................
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