Collier Lass, The

DESCRIPTION: "My name's Polly Parker, I'm come over from Worsley, My father and mother work in a coal mine," and she works there too, to support the large family. She lists the dangers she faced. "And what would you do were it not for our labor?" But they are poor
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: before 1854 (broadside Harding B 16(55b))
KEYWORDS: mining mother father hardtimes | coal
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Harding-FolkSongsOfLancashire, p. 28, "The Collier Lass" (1 text, 1 modern tune)
Roud #V7863
RECORDINGS:
Bodleian, Harding B 16(55b)=Johnson Ballads 1910, "Collier Lass," J. Swindells (Manchester), 1796-1853; also 2806 c.13(180), "The Collier Lass," J. Harkness (Preston), 1840-1866
File: MHFL028

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