Since Lloyd has been cited but not quoted, here's the version from "Come All Ye Bold Miners."

Walker Pits

If I had another penny,
I would have another gill;
I would make the piper play
The Bonny Lads o' Byker Hill.

Byker Hill and Walker Shore,
Collier lads for evermore!
Byker Hill and Walker Shore,
Collier lads for evermore!

When I came to Walker wark
I had ne coat nor ne pit sark;
But now I've gotten two or three;
Walker Pit's done well for me.

Byker Hill and Walker Shore,
Collier lads for evermore!
Byker Hill and Walker Shore,
Collier lads for evermore!


Walker Pits. First printed in John Bell's Rhymes of the Northern Bards...[etc.] (1812). Directed to be sung to the tune of: Up She Goes.

(His notes are a bit skimpy, I'm afraid.)