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Cumberland Miner

from Diary of a Coaltown by Gordon Carter

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Chorus
I am a Cumberland Miner lived here all my life
Like my daddy before me I worked in number five
First in the hole last at the gate always on time
If you can find something wrong with that
Kiss my coal mining behind

Sometimes on a Saturday we'd take the train to Union Bay
See those coal ships loading up watch them sail away
I must admit there were times I'd think about the rest of the world
But I am just a Cumberland boy that married a Cumberland girl

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Nineteen and twelve came down to a strike
We were all working men nobody wanted a fight
But the Government moved the militia in
They put a gun at the top of this street
God help the scab or the company goon
That lays a hand on me

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Gino Martinelli he died in the mine today
The company sent somebody by
To tell his wife she couldn't stay
She was standing with her children crying at he door
They said its too bad its a company house
He don't work for us no more

Chorus

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from Diary of a Coaltown, released June 21, 2008
Gordon Carter - Vocals & Guitar
Trent Freeman - Fiddle

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