Steeleye Span – The Blackleg Miner (Guitar)
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[Verse]
N.C.
It's in the evening after dark
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When the blackleg miner creeps to work
N.C.
With his moleskin pants and dirty shirt
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There goes the blackleg miner
[Verse]
N.C.
Well, he grabs his duds and down he goes
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To hew the coal that lies below
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There's not a woman in this town row
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Will look at the blackleg miner
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
E Oh, Delaval is a terrible place F#m E They rub wet clay in the blackleg's face F#m E And around the heaps they run a footrace F#m E F#m To catch the blackleg miner
[Verse]
E And div'nt gang near the Seghill mine F#m E Across the way they stretch a line F#m E To catch the throat and break the spine F#m E F#m Of the dirty blackleg miner
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
E They grab his duds and his picks as well F#m E They hoy him down to the pit of hell F#m E Down you go and fare ye well F#m E F#m You dirty blackleg miner
[Verse]
E Oh, it's in the evening after dark F#m E When the blackleg miner creeps to work F#m E With his moleskin pants and dirty shirt F#m E F#m There goes the blackleg miner
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
E So, join the union while you may F#m E Don't wait till your dying day F#m E For that may not be far away F#m E F#m You dirty blackleg miner
[Outro]
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