Miner's lifeguard

[struggle4progress]

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 hand upon the dollar
and your eye upon the scale
union miners stand together
heed no operator's tale
keep your hand upon the dollar
and your eye upon the scale

you've been docked and docked again boys
you've been loading two to one
what have you to show for working
since this mining has begun?
overalls and cans for rockers
in your shanties sleep on rails ...

in conclusion bear in memory
keep the password in your mind
god provides for every nation
when in union they combine
stand like men and linked together
victory! for you'll prevail
keep your hand upon the dollar
and your eye upon the scale

[B Calm]

1. K&R Union miners stand together!

[In_The_Wind]

2. Indeed

[pinboy3niner]

3. For the miners

"The Bells of Rhymney" is a song written by folk singer Pete Seeger and Welsh poet Idris Davies. The lyrics to the song were drawn from Davies' poem "Bells of Rhymney", which was first published in his 1938 book, Gwalia Deserta.<1> The poem, which follows the pattern of the nursery rhyme "Oranges and Lemons", was written about a coal mining disaster and the failure of the 1926 General Strike.<1><2> In addition to Rhymney, the poem also refers to the bells of a number of other towns and cities in South Wales, including Merthyr, Rhondda, Blaina, Caerphilly, Neath, Swansea, Newport, Cardiff, and Wye.<1><3> Seeger used the poem as lyrics for his song "The Bells of Rhymney" after discovering them in a book by Dylan Thomas.<4> ....

Arguably the most famous rendition of the song is the version recorded by the American folk rock band The Byrds. ....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bells_of_Rhymney

From the grandson of a Welsh coal miner who worked the mines in Pennsylvania.

[struggle4progress]

4. Thanks! Somehow I never learned the story behind that great song of my youth

Oh what will you give me
Say the sad bells of Rhymney
Is there hope for the future,
Cry the bells of Merthyr
Who made the mine owner
Say the black bells of Rhondda
And robbed the miner
Cry the grim bells of Blaina

They will plunder willy-nilly
Cry the bells of Caerphilly
They have fangs , they have teeth
Say the loud bells of Neathe
Even God is uneasy
Say the moist bells of Swansea
And what will you give me
Say the sad bells of Rhymney

Put the vandals in court
Say the bells of Newport
All would be well if, if, if
Cry the green bells of Cardiff
Why so worried, sisters, why
Sang the silver bells of Wye
And what will you give me
Say the sad bells of Rhymney

Idris Davies
Gwalia Deserta, 1938