This is going right back to my school days,( and God knows, that was a LONG time ago) and was sung to a bluesy tune....if I remember right it started
:

Harvey was a miner, tall and rather thin
You'd know that he's a miner by the blue scars on his skin

And he listened with his hands
He listened with his face
He listened with the whole of him at any time or place
For Harvey was a listening man
He'll listen all his days

Anyone know the rest?