Lyr Req: Silly Sisters - The Old Miner

Subject: Silly Sisters - The Old Miner
From: GUEST,Erin, Cambridge
Date: 09 Dec 01 - 05:00 PM

Anybody know the last line of this trad.song about the miner who's wondering who'll take over..."Oh dear God,when I'm gone"? The last verse says: For forty years I've loved the mine For forty years I've worked down there Now who'll replace this old miner When I'm...[paid?,...? and...?]

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Silly Sisters - The Old Miner
From: masato sakurai
Date: 09 Dec 01 - 05:16 PM

CLICK HERE in the DT.
~Masato

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Silly Sisters - The Old Miner
From: Wolfgang
Date: 10 Dec 01 - 07:43 AM

It is not on 'Silly Sisters' it is on 'No more to the dance' by the same singers. Most lyrics from that record are here

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Silly Sisters - The Old Miner
From: Wolfgang
Date: 10 Dec 01 - 07:45 AM

A more direct link to the lyrics (I hope)

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Silly Sisters - The Old Miner
From: radriano
Date: 10 Dec 01 - 01:59 PM

The line reads:

"When I've paid God my fare"

That's what I sing. My source is Derek & Dorothy Elliot. The song is on either their first album or the album titled "Yorkshire Relish."

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Silly Sisters - The Old Miner
From: radriano
Date: 10 Dec 01 - 02:03 PM

Also, I have a different line for the first line of the third verse:

Oh, who will load the great iron tub And who will strain his bending back...