John Roberts & Tony Barrand 1983
Golden Hind Music says: "We admit to responsibility for The Rolling Mills of New Jersey. Matt McGinn wrote The Rolling Hills of the Border. This is not that."
Chorus:
When I die, bury me low
Where I can hear the petroleum flow
A sweeter sound, I never did know
The rolling mills of New Jersey
Down in Trenton, there is a bar
The bums, they come from near and from far
They come by truck, they come by car
The lousy bums of New Jersey
Down in Hoboken, there will be
Trash as far as the eye can see
There’s trash for you, there’s trash for me
The garbage dumps of New Jersey
When at last, I decided to roam,
Far away from my home in Bayonne
I sat down, and wrote this poem
I wrote an ode to New Jersey