Lyrics & Knowledge Personal Pages Record Shop Auction Links Radio & Media Kids Membership Help
The Mudcat Cafesj



User Name Thread Name Subject Posted
GUEST,JB Lyr Req: Black Leg Miner (19) Black Leg Miner and unknown 26 May 01


Looking for two songs actually, both of which I heard sung by Christy Moore around 1970 and both related to workers unions.

The first one is called "Black Leg Miner" I can remember the first lines went something like:

It´s in the evening after dark When the black leg miner goes to work With his moleskin trousers and dirty shirt There goes the black leg miner

Don´t even know the title of the other song. Again I can remember a part which goes something like:

Tora lura lura loo I´ll tell you something awful true You wouldn´t have your telly now If it wasn´t for the union

Would really appreciate any input on these and perhaps someone might even know who wrote them. I suspect Ewan McColl could have been involved in at leat one song.

Thanks.

JB


Post to this Thread -

Back to the Main Forum Page

By clicking on the User Name, you will requery the forum for that user. You will see everything that he or she has posted with that Mudcat name.

By clicking on the Thread Name, you will be sent to the Forum on that thread as if you selected it from the main Mudcat Forum page.

By clicking on the Subject, you will also go to the thread as if you selected it from the original Forum page, but also go directly to that particular message.

By clicking on the Date (Posted), you will dig out every message posted that day.

Try it all, you will see.