- published: 27 Mar 2013
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Bytom [ˈbɨtɔm] ( listen) (German: Beuthen) is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The central-western district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of 2 millions. Bytom is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Bytomka river (tributary of the Kłodnica).
The city belongs to the Silesian Voivodeship since its formation in 1999. Previously it was in Katowice Voivodeship. Bytom is one of the cities of the 2,7 million conurbation - Katowice urban area and within a greater Silesian metropolitan area populated by about 5,294,000 people. The population of the city is 183,251 (June 2009). Bytom is home of Polonia Bytom, plays in Ekstraklasa since 2007-2008 season and won it twice in 1954 and in 1962.
One half of the coat of arms of Bytom depicts a miner mining coal, while the other half presents a yellow eagle on the blue field - the symbol of Upper Silesia.
I wanted to live in a land of the bottoms but
Momma said no
I wanted to dance in the bottomly fields but
Momma said noooooooooooo
She said noooooooooo
And now I can't goooooooo
to laugh in the land where
the bottoms run free
She said nooooo
And now my heart is soggy inside of me
Cos' i knooooooooooooow
I won/t ever knoooooooooooooow
the joys the bums can give
So i sit in my room
With the music up loud
And i want to know
Theres a knock at the door
It's momma with my underwear
My bottom can't be free
Anymore
She said noooooooo
And now i can't gooooooooo
To the land where