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Thread #57105 Message #896644
Posted By: weerover
23-Feb-03 - 11:45 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Anthony Riley (Fryman/Fisher)
Subject: Lyr Add: ANTHONY RILEY (Fisher/Fryman)
Here it is as I remember from the singing of John Watt: ^^ ANTHONY RILEY
As I made my way down the street to the colliery As I to my work was a-making my way I heard the sad news, and I heard the men talking Young Anthony Reilly has worked his last day
And old Emlyn Williams lies dead in the fan-house The roof has caved in and the sides they gave way It'll be in the papers, splashed over the headlines What a big coup the newshounds will pocket today
Willing hands to the rescue of poor stricken comrades To move the big rocks and discover their fate Upon the next payday there'll be a collection Not a newspaper owner will be there to donate
It's in the newspapers, splashed over the headlines A capital story upon the front page But there's blood on the girders in the old Parker fan-house And weeping dependents go with the cortege
When the coal merchant calls and you pay your good money Count well the bags as he lays them aside You'll be counting the cuts and the knocks and the bruises You'll be counting the lives of the men who have died