The Miners Way
Crawl the tunnels, black as night
That’s the miners way
Toiling by the candlelight
Half a shilling in my pay
Pick and hammer, wedge and wheel
That’s the miners way
Blackened lungs that never heal
Half a shilling in my pay
Born to the yoke of misery
Not enough to feed our families
While the rich are counting out their pounds
We must send our children underground
Working for the rich mans purse
That’s the miners way
Poverty, the workers curse
Half a shilling in my pay
Twelve long hours in the deep
That’s the miners way
But still we face a famished sleep
Half a shilling in my pay
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When the land, no wealth reveals
That’s the miners way
Parting wages, banker steals
Half a shilling in my pay
Cast out like a deadly blight
That’s the miners way
Lords and ladies dance tonight!
That’s the bloody miners way
Half a shilling in my pay
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That’s the miners way