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james "nipper" oliver - the miner song lyrics

now black is the coal dust the miner works in
and brown is the powder he hugs in a tin
but i hope the next meeting when the contract is due
they’ll change the old system to one that’s brand new

now sad is the dayshift and bad is the night
and sad is the backshift which doesn’t seem right
but keep right on hoping our dreams will come true
we’ll get a new mine that the sun will shine through

some work at the levels, some work at the face
while some roam around with no steady place
whеn payday rolls ’round their heart takes a lift
but thеy find to their sorrow, they’ve been docked half a shift

they come home with their paysheets all wrinkled and tore
shaking with fear when they open the door
for the wife she is waiting, she’s smiling and glad
’till i start explaining of the shortage we had

now here’s to the fellow who discovered the coal
i hope he is happy and god bless his soul
he’ll ne’er be forgotten through the pages of time
by the fellows who work in our coal company mines

- james nipper oliver lyrics

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