I just got told on a new thread how to do it. Here goes.
True enough, stanza three is Aberfan.
CLOSE THE COALHOUSE DOOR
(Alex Glasgow)
Close the coalhouse door, lad. There's blood inside,
Blood from broken hands and feet,
Blood that's dried on pit-black meat,
Blood from hearts that know no beat.
Close the coalhouse door, lad. There's blood inside.
Close the coalhouse door, lad. There's bones inside,
Mangled, splintered piles of bones,
Buried 'neath a mile of stones,
Not a soul to hear the groans.
Close the coalhouse door, lad. There's bones inside.
Close the coalhouse door, lad. There's bairns inside,
Bairns that had no time to hide,
Bairns that saw the blackness slide,
Bairns beneath the mountainside.
Close the coalhouse door, lad. There's bairns inside.
Close the coalhouse door, lad, and stay outside.
Geordie's standin' at the dole,
And Mrs Jackson, like a fool,
Complains about the price of coal.
Close the coalhouse door, lad, there's blood inside.
There's bones inside. There's bairns inside, so stay outside.
Note: this is an exact transcription of the song titled "Close the Coal-House Door," by Alex Glasgow, as printed on page 94 of The Big Red Songbook [compiled by Mal Collins, Dave Harker, and Geoff White - Pluto Press, London - 1981 enlarged edition]
-Joe Offer-
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