Old Miner, The

DESCRIPTION: "Oh who'll replace this old miner, And who will take my place below... Oh, dear God, when I go? Who, dear Lord, who?" The miner wonders who will wield the pick, ride the train, mourn the dead. "For forty years I've lover the mine"; will anyone else?
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1972 (Palmer-SongsOfTheMidlands)
KEYWORDS: mining farewell work music disaster
FOUND IN: Britain(England(West))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Palmer-SongsOfTheMidlands, p. 94, "The Old Miner" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #1136
NOTES [10 words]: A very moving piece; I'm surprised it isn't better known. - RBW
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File: PSOM094

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