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Thread #34763   Message #470953
Posted By: GUEST,JB
26-May-01 - 11:48 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Black Leg Miner
Subject: Black Leg Miner and unknown
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