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Thread #71242 Message #1217674
Posted By: MoorleyMan
01-Jul-04 - 12:00 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Working at the Coal Face (Dave Webber)
Subject: Lyr Add: WORKING AT THE COALFACE (Dave Webber)
Grand song! Words are mostly as I recall them, haven't got the Dave Webber songbook to hand to check the last details but here goes:
WORKING AT THE COALFACE (written by Dave Webber)
I used to work out on the land, a-waggonin' with me team, I used to breathe in dust-free air out in the fields so green, But the farmer said the crop was bad and I should have to go – Well there's only one job left to do, that's working down below
And we're working at the coalface, underneath the ground Working in the dark, boys, and making not a sound 'Cept the ringin' of the pick as it beats against the wall And it's all shift together, boys, we're colliers all
At four in the morning I'm a-risin' from me bed I know it will be 18 hours 'fore I lay down me head But I walk the six long miles, me boys, and I reach the pit for five And by six o'clock I'm sweatin' cobs with any man alive And I'm working …….
It's dark when I goes to work and dark again at night On Sundays and in summertime is when I see the light Yes on Sundays and in summertime I hear a small bird sing But when you're two mile underground you never hear a thing When you're working …..
Oh the boss he sits there up above, he never does a turn But if he was down here with us we'd make the bugger learn We'd have him shiftin' and a-shovellin', we'll graft him all the day And when he went back up above he'd double all our pay For working …….
Me wife she is a miracle at dealin' out the bread She's worthy of a better place to lay down her head And she's savin' for the day when I can say goodbye To the coalface, and work beneath the sky – No more working ……..