The 1994 version of the play had, as a last two verses at the end of the play, the following - sung by a solo unaccompanied voice:

Close the coalhouse door,lad,
The Tory way.
On the slag-heap we've been hoyed
And Maggie Thatcher's overjoyed
Another million unemployed
Close the coalhouse door, lad,
The Major way.

Close the coalhouse door, lad
And stay outside.
Geordie's crawed out of his hole
Geordie's standing at the dole
Geordie's paid the price of coal
So close the coalhouse door, lad
There's blood inside,
There's bones inside,
There's bairns inside,
So stay...outside.

(A silence, a pause and then everybody turns quickly towards the pithead. They bow their heads in homage........................
...................A fade to blackout)