The words to the song are as Guest Sept 2010 except there are six verses and the second verse to include is as follows:
            Way beyond the slag heap
            On every Saturday
            He hears the brambles growing
            And a lark a mile away.

In the Faith Folk Series in 1969 this song tune and text is credited to Sister Estelle, copyright 1969 by Sacred Heart Publications Ltd and Galliard Ltd.