Billy Bragg - A Miner's Life Lyrics

A Miner's Life is like a sailor's,
'Board a ship to cross the waves,
Every day his life's in danger
Still he ventures, being brave.
Watch the rocks, they're falling daily,
Careless miners always fail;
Keep your hands upon your wages
And your eyes upon the scale.

Chorus:
Union miners, stand together,
And do not heed the coal board's tale,
Keep your hands upon your wages
And your eyes upon the scale.

You've been docked, and docked again boys,
You've been loading two for one,
What have you to show for working
Since your mining day’s begun;
But worn-out boots, and worn-out miners,
Lungs of stone and children pale,
Keep your hands upon your wages
And your eyes upon the scale.

In conclusion, bear in memory,
Keep this password in your mind,
God provides for every miner
When in union they combine;
Stand like men, and linked together
Victory shall for you prevail;
Keep your hands upon your wages
And your eyes upon the scale

Billy Bragg sings songs about "work", writes poems about "work", and goes on marches about "work", but has never done a days WORK in his Fucking Life!

Your profile pic is a picture of Hitler. Who the fuck is gonna take you seriously?

You have no penis Mike. No need to take it out on others.

where did you get that picture of that Civil Defense shirt?

You're 10 years dead!

We will Arise !!!

14.05.2014 - soma  - 205 dead miners dug out 'til now.
sadness.
isn't this way of obtaining energy in the second millenium obsolete??? why are we so numb??? everything could be so easy. solar, wind, water energies are just awaiting.
and we behave like neanderthals.
on days like these, where i feel again strong feelings of deplore and sadness, i repeat myself obsolete questions. only i am the numb one.

Billy Bragg knows that coal miners still have to fight daily for a safe workplace. To hear how miners who make safety complaints today are treated by non-union coal operators, check out Raymond Crooke's song "Big Coal Don't Like This Man At All" on YouTube. It tells the true story of Kentucky coal miner Charles Scott Howard, who stood up for safety at an underground mine operated by Arch Coal and was fired as a result. He filed a whistleblower case, won his job back and is working in the mines again!

i saw on google this song would be related tot he industrial revolution..helpp on how?

The song is related to tbe industrial revolution because raw materials such as coal.were needed to fuel.tbe many factories and mills

Brilliant!!!!

Amazing! Hear this every year and the Gala and only just found it on Youtube, thanks for posting.