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OLD MINER Oh who'll replace this old miner And who will take my place below? Oh who will wheel this heavy pit That I did wheel for forty years And who will hew the black black coal Oh dear God, when I'm gone? Oh who will ride the miner's train That takes him to the dark old place Who'll take my place upon that train Oh dear God, when I'm gone? Oh who will load this crate on top And who will strain his bending back And who will work sweat and ache like hell Oh dear God, when I go? Oh who will cry when the roof caves in When friends are lying all around And who will sing the miner's hymn Oh dear God, when I go? 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've paid, God, my fare? ------------------------------------------------ From Roy Palmer's "Songs of the Midlands" recorded by the Silly Sister (Maddy Prior & June Tabor) on "No More To The Dance" (1988) @mining @work @aging filename[ OLDMINER MJ |
Old Miner ( The song was published in Roy Palmer's Songs of the Midlands (1972); it was collected by John Moreton in the early 1960s, from an unnamed source. Palmer notes: "Sung by an old miner in Haunchwood Pit, Nuneaton, Warwickshire... The pit is now closed. The informant originated in Durham, where he had learned the tune. The words were his own." see thread for text.) |
