I heard a version of this song by a folk group based in Ballarat. It had about three additional verses which spoke of being old before your time and coughing up the black coal dust that tore away the lining of the miners lungs etc. In each verse the bloke was a wee bit older and I think he dies in his forties. Does this version ring a bell with anyone? Is so could you post the lyrics to this version...by the way, I recently heard the Victoria Welsh Male Voice Choir do a sensational rendition of this song at Beechworth.