A-MINING WE WILL GO

The farmers go around
Their legs tied up with straw
The miners they go underground
And never miss a blaw

CHORUS

A-mining we will go
A-mining we will go
With picks and shovels in our hands
A-mining we will go

We all worked at Wheal Busy
And when the bal was scat
We all lived in the engine-house
And made the best of that

Last Monday was Feast Monday
We had a bit to spare
We took the maidens to the fair
And now we've nought to lend

We had a sturt that Monday
And ordered mutton stew
Paid landlord Jan for nine months' beer
And that was overdue


And when we're up we're up
And when we're down we're down
And when we're only halfway up
We're neither up nor down

Tune: Grand Old Duke of York