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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Mark Knopfler
Guitar
Richard Bennett
Guitar
Jim Cox
Piano
Guy Fletcher
Keyboards
Glenn Worf
Bass Guitar
Chad Cromwell
Drums
Paul Franklin
Pedal Steel Guitar
James Taylor
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Mark Knopfler
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mark Knopfler
Producer
Chuck Ainlay
Mixing Engineer
Miles Showell
Mastering Engineer
Eric Conn
Editing Engineer
Mark Ralston
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Jon Bailey
Assistant Engineer
Graham Lewis
Assistant Engineer
Aaron Swihart
Assistant Engineer
Denny Purcell
Mastering Engineer
Jonathan Russell
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
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
A stargazer am I
It seems that I was born
To chart the evening sky
They'd cut me out for baking bread
But I had other dreams instead
This baker's boy from the west country
Would join the Royal Society
We are sailing to Philadelphia
A world away from the coaly Tyne
Sailing to Philadelphia
To draw the line
The Mason-Dixon line
Now you're a good surveyor, Dixon
But I swear you'll make me mad
The West will kill us both
You gullible Geordie lad
You talk of liberty
How can America be free
A Geordie and a baker's boy
In the forest of the Iroquois
Now hold your head up, Mason
See America lies there
The morning tide has raised
The capes of Delaware
Come up and feel the sun
A new morning is begun
Another day will make it clear
Why your stars should guide us here
We are sailing to Philadelphia
A world away from the coaly Tyne
Sailing to Philadelphia
To draw the line
The Mason-Dixon line
Writer(s): Mark Knopfler
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