I heard this song on ABC 702 in Sydney on Thursday 11

found a link to it today

at http://www.colinbuchanan.com.au/a/93.html


Beaconsfield
Words & Music Colin Buchanan © 2006 Universal Music (Aust.)

1. Way down south in Beaconsfield
Late on Anzac Day
A thousand metres down below
A hundred tons gave way
Fourteen miners scrambled clear
But 17 went down
Fallen rock and twisted steel
3 men down in Beaconsfield
3 men down in Beaconsfield

2. Larry didn't make it out
They found him two days in
Still no sign of Todd and Brant
Things were looking grim
Come late on Sunday afternoon
Hope was all but dead
Voiced in the dark revealed
2 alive in Beaconsfield
2 alive in Beaconsfield

3. Tears of joy, they're safe and strong
A miracle from God
Across the town, across the world
Spread word of Brant and Todd
They chatted to their rescuers
Just metres from their cage
Can you send us down a counter meal
From the Club Hotel in Beaconsfield
From the miner's pub in Beaconsfield

4. That Tassie rock is hard as nails
But the folks are tougher still
Their family were praying
And their mates were on the drill
Freedom clawed its way on
Through the darkness and the dread
They kept their shoulder to the wheel
They breed 'em tough in Beaconsfield
Breed 'em tough in Beaconsfield

5. And who'll forget that moment
When the lads we thought were dead
Stepped out onto the surface
Todd Russell and Brant Webb
They held their loved ones tightly
And moved their tags to "Safe"
Every miner's face revealed
They are the gold of Beaconsfield
They are the gold of Beaconsfield
And they walked free from Beaconsfield

Beaconsfield
Words and Music by Colin Buchanan © 2006 Universal Music (Aust.) (p) Wanaaring Road Music.
Written and recorded live to Colin's laptop on Tuesday, 9th May 2006, the day Todd Russell and Brant Webb were freed and walked from the Beaconsfield Gold Mine after 2 weeks trapped in a rockfall 1 km below ground.