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Thread #171651 Message #4152117
Posted By: Monologue John
06-Sep-22 - 05:27 AM
Thread Name: Mining songs NOT about coal?
Subject: RE: Mining songs NOT about coal?
No 1 Horizon Parker Shaft 1948 Written by Peter Ivan Fryman
When Jimmie Doohan fell down the shaft
And left his wife and kids
They fixed a new device up
It must have cost them quids
So let us praise our management
For safety so extensive
They've fixed up foolproof signals now
And it was So expensive
Hell – It was bloody expensive
Jim's wife got pensioned off
The N.C.B. got coal
--One day they'll look before they leap
Down that bloody hole
Workers die like matyrs
Like Jesus on the cross
Jesus died for the people
Jim died for the boss