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Thread #48025 Message #719086
Posted By: GUEST,William Baker
28-May-02 - 07:32 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Working Man (Rita MacNeil) - more verses?
Subject: Lyr Add: WORKING MAN (Rita MacNeil)
This is what I've cobbled together so far from different sources:
WORKING MAN
CHORUS: It's a working man I am And I've been down underground And I swear to God if I ever see the sun Or for any length of time I can hold it in my mind I never again will go down underground
At the age of sixteen years With my father close to tears As he vowed never again to send his son To the dark recess of the mine Where you age before your time And the coal dust lies heavy on your lungs
At the age of 16 years Oh, he quarrels with his peers Who vowed they'd never see another one In the dark recess of the mines Where you age before your time And the coal dust lies heavy on your lungs
At the age of 64 Oh, he'll greet you at the door And he'll gently lead you by the arm Through the dark recess of the mines Oh he'll take you back in time And he'll tell you of the hardships that were had
At the age of sixty-five I pray to God I'm still alive And the wheels above the mine no longer wind And they've finally closed the hole Where for years we clawed for coal And never again will we go down underground