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Thread #61377 Message #1429791
Posted By: nutty
08-Mar-05 - 12:38 PM
Thread Name: Mining songs (UK)
Subject: Lyr Add: FAREWELL JOHNNY MINER (Ed Pickford)
Nobody has mentioned Ed Pickford's Farewell Johnny Miner
Farewell Johnny Miner
Johnny Miner you were born
Never to see the rising dawn
Now its time that you were gone
Farewell Johnny Miner
Chorus
Farewell Durham, Yorkshire too
Nottingham the same to you
Scotland, South Wales say 'Adieu'
Farewell Johnny Miner
You've battled with the sliding scale
Lungs turned black and faces pale
Now your body's up for sale
Farewell Johnny Miner
Farewell John don't take it hard
Unemployment isn't bad
They'll treat you well in the knacker's yard
Farewell Johnny Miner