Can't find anything about the band. History of the disaster can be found here: http://members.tripod.com/bob_newcumnock/knockhome/welcomex.html These lyrics found on a site about coalmining - posted by R Hunter. Knockshinnoch (R.Hunter/D.McClymont) Castledean Music(c) 2000 This pit disaster is etched on the minds of the pit men in the local area, if only the simplest safety precautions were taken the disaster would never have happened, even the sheep and the cows stayed away from the field. 1) It poored like monsoon rains Fillin a the gutters and rains Twis miserable tae go tae work Yet these men were used tae dirt Fur Knockshinnoch wis a they knew An the bread o life gae few As a class they were mighty proud Tae graft they a hae vowed Chorus Fur their lifes were coal and stoor Till that awfull evil oor When New Cummnock folk Were torn from their men 2) As the pit men left that day From their prefabs tae earn their pay There were streams of clothcapped souls Fur coal they dug like moles Little knowin what was in store That some would see no more The dazzling sun sae bright Or the moon and stars at night 3) O the coos and the sheep knew weel That the field was aboot tae keel Wae warnins starin them in the face And the men doon below in the waste Like yon flood back in Noahs day When a flesh wis washed away Never mare wid we see the like Entombed in their darkest night Bridge Sobrither so the dust sleep weel Een times naen ard tae heal Though Knockshinnochit is nae mare Fallen comrades we miss them sare Eugene
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