The Wolfe Tones - Down in the Mines lyrics
[The Wolfe Tones - Down in the Mines lyrics]
The tough sturdy miner works hard for his pay
He works through the night and
Most of the day
But there's no-one works harder way
Down in the ground
Than Billy the pit horse, a slave to the mine
Therе's many a pretty girl I've
Known in my life
Who livеd just to be a coal miner's wife
A coal miner's wife must be hardy and strong
And should never worry if
Things should go wrong
Now, come all ye young fellas
Your fortune you see
Don't bury yourselves in the mine so deep
It forms as a hammer and seeps in your soul
Till the blood in your veins runs
As the black as the coal
I hope when I die and the ages shall roll
My body will blacken and turn into coal
And then I'll look down
From my heavenly home
And pity the miner a-diggin' my bones
It's dark as a dungeon
It's damp as the dew
Where the dangers are double and
The pleasures are few
Where the rain never falls and
The sun never shines
It's dark as a dungeon way down in the mines
He works through the night and
Most of the day
But there's no-one works harder way
Down in the ground
Than Billy the pit horse, a slave to the mine
Therе's many a pretty girl I've
Known in my life
Who livеd just to be a coal miner's wife
A coal miner's wife must be hardy and strong
And should never worry if
Things should go wrong
Now, come all ye young fellas
Your fortune you see
Don't bury yourselves in the mine so deep
It forms as a hammer and seeps in your soul
Till the blood in your veins runs
As the black as the coal
I hope when I die and the ages shall roll
My body will blacken and turn into coal
And then I'll look down
From my heavenly home
And pity the miner a-diggin' my bones
It's dark as a dungeon
It's damp as the dew
Where the dangers are double and
The pleasures are few
Where the rain never falls and
The sun never shines
It's dark as a dungeon way down in the mines