Mining is the only industry from which the absentee figures are published regularly
        Being usually preoccupied with telling the public of the fabulous wages miners
        are supposed to earn not much interest is shown in the conditions
        under which they are actually earned , but occasionaly the press finds it can enhance it         
        circulation by printing disaster news and making a furtune out of misfortune

        The Accident at Bradford Colliery Tuesday February 28th 1956 Song Written
        by Peter Ivan         Fryman

        As I made my way down the street to the colliery
        As I to my work was making my way
        I heard the bad news and I heard the men talking
        Young Anthony Riley has worked his last day

        Ole Emlyne Williams lies dead in the fan house
        The roof has caved in and the sides did give way
        It's in the newspapers splashed over the headlines
        What a big coup the news houds will pocket this day

        Willing hands to the rescue of our poor stricken comrades
        To lift the big rocks and discover their fate
        When comes the next pay day ther'll be a big collection
        Not a newspaper owner will be there to donate

        It's in the newspapers splashed over the headlines
        A capital story upon the front page
        But there's blood on the girders in Old Parker Fan house
        While weeping dependants go with the cortege

        When the coal merchant calls and you pay your good money
        Count well the bags as he lays them aside
        You'll be counting the cuts and the knocks and the bruises
        - You'll be counting the lives of the men who have died