WILL JOBLING
(which I credited in my note book to Andy Dutfield but that is only in my opinion. If I can find my old recording of it I'll check for any corrections. This is what came from my tape, transcribed about 15 years ago.)

Will Jobling was a miner, he lived in Jarrow town
And every day he worked so hard to take his pay pack home
But conditions working underground were worse than being in hell
So Jobling and his workmates they rallied to the bell

CHORUS
Ally ee ally ay ally oo ally ay
Help the miners' union and clear Will Jobling's name

Now Will Jobling's kids grew hungry, his pay they did forsake
While the owners smiled unto themselves that soon the strike would break
And the name of the miners' union was sneered at all the time
Right from down in Glamorgan up to the river Tyne

Now Jobling was the leader of a new and dangerous scheme
To free the mines from tyranny, it was his only dream
The owners they were worried, their profits to keep high
They reckoned the first chance they got Will Jobling he should die

On a rainy night in Jarrow, while out walking with a friend
They met Judge Fairliss from South Shields and asked a pound to lend
But Fairliss he just laughed, he made to pass them by
When Jobling's friend attacked him and they left him there to die

To the local Quarter Sessions Will Jobling had to go
For the murder of Judge Fairliss, though he had struck no blow
And the judge's voice was "Guilty", the judge's voice was heard
"You'll be hung, drawn and quartered, lad, that's my final word"

On a cold and rainy morning, his body hung in chains
Will Jobling died in agony all for the owners' gains
His body in a metal cage was buried there close by
As a martyr for the unions his name will never die.


And I also transcribed the introduction that they gave which was:

"Will Jobling was a miner in Jarrow around 1930 (1830) and was one of the first miners to be an active unionist. The pit owners at the time were really annoyed about this because their profits were being really cut into by strikes. On the first major strike, Will Jobling and his friend had been out of work for a long time, he and some friends were out walking and met Judge Fairliss from South Shields. The judge being a bit of a 'nob', they asked him for the loan of a pound. The judge said "No" and Jobling's friend attacked him and he died as a result of his injuries. Will Jobling was caught and his friend wasn't and the outcome really was that Will Jobling was the last man in England to be hung, drawn and quartered at Jarrow"

Recording by Alan Burke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v-IMBUdHX4

Performance by The Rachel Hamer Band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs0w55Cwljc