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10 Oct 01 - 01:49 PM (#569113) Subject: One Miner's Life From: Mrs.Duck We have this on vinyl by Battlefield band but no means of playing it. The song is one by Ed Pickford and I have tried a Google search for the lyrics without success and it does not appear to be in the digitrad. If anyone has the words I would be very grateful. Thanks |
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10 Oct 01 - 03:22 PM (#569178) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: One Miner's Life From: Mrs.Duck I've also checked a number of previous threads and the Dick Gaughan and Ed Pickford websites but neither show the lyrics to this one! |
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10 Oct 01 - 07:52 PM (#569385) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: One Miner's Life From: nutty Jane ... this Dick Gaughan site is interesting - it purports to contain lyrics to all the songs that he has recorded plus a few more but the Ed Pickford song does not appar to be here (unless it has another title) it night be worth checking out blue clickie |
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11 Oct 01 - 05:21 AM (#569622) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: One Miner's Life From: Wolfgang I'm confident I have it at home. Look here tomorrow or Monday. Wolfgang |
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11 Oct 01 - 04:50 PM (#570038) Subject: Lyr Add: ONE MINER'S LIFE (Ed Pickford) From: Susanne (skw) ONE MINER'S LIFE (Ed Pickford) Chorus: Who knows who you're crying for Who knows who made us so poor Who knows what you're gonna be Who knows what's in store for ye Now you are born, another to feed Small are your wants lad, but great is your need For work is scarce, your dad's on the dole They want no more men for they've got too much coal Now you're a boy, you play in the streets Fish in the burn and performin' great feats While the pitheaps stand, markin' the graves Of fathers adn sons and the lives that they gave Now you've left school, a man at thirteen Your mother is grim as she looks on the scene As she makes up your bait, you're off doon below And awa' to the pit wi' your father you go Now you're a man, you work in the mine Wi' fightin' and strugglin', you're old 'fore your time For the work it's hard, conditions are bad And you've promised your son all the things you never had Now you are old, you've worked all you can But they're closin' the pits and you're part of a plan To cut out waste and make the mines pay So to hell wi' you now lad, and be on your way Not checked, but I think it's fairly accurate for the Battlefield Band version. Some Info: [1975:] Written by the talented Ed Pigford [sic!], Co. Durham, some two or three years ago. This song won the North East Folk Federation's annual songwriting competition. The son of a miner, Pigford obviously had his eye on men of his father's generation in composing this song. It is a fairly accurate assessment of the life and prospects of miners of that generation, the hard work often leading to pneumocconiosis and the dole as Lord Alfred Robens' period of closure and demoralisation of the industry shut down the bulk of Co. Durham's pits. (Notes 'The Bonnie Pit Laddie') |
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11 Oct 01 - 07:01 PM (#570120) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: One Miner's Life From: Mrs.Duck Thanks so much Suzanne - sounds pretty accurate from my memory. Will sing it this weekend at Llanstock. |
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12 Oct 01 - 03:09 AM (#570312) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: One Miner's Life From: Wolfgang Susanne, I had even looked into the well hidden 'All in one' file on 'My songbook'. It seems you have much more songs transcribed already than are on your page. Thanks, I have the lyrics with me and it is a pleasant surprise that I don't have to type. Wolfgang |
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12 Oct 01 - 08:45 PM (#570935) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: One Miner's Life From: Susanne (skw) Wolfgang, I have, and I've said so before. (Sometimes a request will make me transcribe one more.) However, the ones at My Songbook are all checked against the recording I have whereas the others aren't yet. It takes time! |