Wednesday 14 November 2007

Lancashire's Pits - C1910

A thousand men a year were killed
I Lankisha
I Lankisha
A thousand men a year were killed
I Lankisha

Pretoria killt three undred men
An more an more in 1910
Pretoria kilt three undred men
I Lankisha
ch
Westhoughton's tremour moved the ground
An pit wives trembled at the sound
Westhoughton's tremour moved the ground
I Lankisha
ch
The Winter Solstice - shortest day
Became Westhoughton's longest day
The Winter Solstice - shortest day
I Lankisha
ch
The fust wun owt wuz fifteen years
Shawled wimin's eyes wur filled wi tears
The fust wun owt wuz fifteen years
I Lankisha
ch
The last wuz brought in March to ground
An wimin's grief wuz spread around
The last wuz brought in March to ground
I Lankisha
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Wun man fower suns wun wuman lost
Wen yew burn coal jus count the cost
Wun man fower suns wun wuman lost
I Lankisha

A thousand men a year were killed
I Lankisha
I Lankisha
A thousand men a year were killed
I Lankisha

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