I be a Vorest Miner, we blue scars on me vace
Born and bred a Vorrester, an proud ta be thic race
I worked the pits, al or the Dean, Cyannup(Cannop Colliery)and Waterloo(Waterloo Colliery Cinderford). Crump Medda (Crump Meadow Colliery)Strip an at it (Strip and at it also Trafalgar Colliery)
Narthern and Eastern too (Northern Union and Eastern Union Collieries)

Its bin a rough an dirty life the Coal is ard ta win
Me knees is bust me back is bent, me Lungs as black as zin
I zwung me pick both night an doy, I worked the 12Inch zeam (12Inch Colliery) An life is very divrent vrom all me childhood dreams

When i wuz yung,I roamed the ood's az vree az any breeze round Voxes Bridge (Cinderford) an Lightmore tump (Lightmoor Colliery tailings Cinderford) I'd wander az i pleaze
Down Edges Scowles (Scowles is in Coleford though there is also a deep Iron Mine called Scowles) an up agyun, an round Shakemantles lip(Shakemantle Quarry and Deep Iron Mine Ruspidge Cinderford)
In rain an shine, in wind an Snow, to vind me vathers ship (His Father was no doubt a Sheep Badger)

Now I'm a mon i as ta work, ta veed me kids an wife
So its down the cage to earn a wage, Zurry what a life
We all the years spent underground, I be veelin like a Mole
An in me yud the thought rings out, I hates this bloody Coal

On vriday night i comes off zhift, ta get me weekly poy
An then off wum to divvy up, me vittern into cloy (Colloquial term for paying the Bills including rent to the Colliery)
For if its bin ashart owld wick, there yun much left or we
An i be vaced we ungry kids, an Bread an Jam ver Tea

But if its bin a good owld wick, I goes off down the Pub
I no's me kids be warm an zafe, the pantry's vull ov grub
I has a drink we me owld buts, then its wum across the tump
Its slowly now i wendsme woy, me belly vull ov Scrump (Cider)

Vor i be a Vorest Miner, we blue scars on me vace
Barn an bred a Vorrester, an proud to be thick race
I worked the pits all or the Dean, Cyannup and Waterloo
Crumpmedda Strip an at it, Narthern an Eastern too


I'll provide some more history later ..