Miner's Song (II)

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, the farmers go around and fill their legs tied up with straw, The miners they go underground and never miss a blaw. Oh, a-mining we will go, my boys...." They work where they must. They go broke with the girls. They pay for their beer -- eventually
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1956 (Gundry-CanowKernow-SongsDancesFromCornwall)
KEYWORDS: mining worker humorous money courting
FOUND IN: Britain(England(West))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Gundry-CanowKernow-SongsDancesFromCornwall, p. 53, "Miner's Song" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #3317
NOTES [47 words]: The last verse of Gundry-CanowKernow-SongsDancesFromCornwall's text is "And where we're up we're up, And when we're down we're down, And where we're only half way up, We're neither up nor down," from "The Noble Duke of York." But it obviously has a different meaning for miners.... - RBW
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File: Gund053B

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