Pit Pony's Tale

from Diary of a Coaltown by Gordon Carter

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My parents were sent here from a farm back in Wales
They smelt the salt sea air felt the wind in the sails
I was born on the beach in the rocks and the sand
We were all sold at auction to work in this land

Side by side with the miners we worked every day
For one pail of grain and a handful of hay
We live in a stable right next to the shaft
Two hundred feet down in the dark and the damp

Chorus
I am a pit pony I’ve worked all my life
In this dark old coal mine where there’s no day or night
All I’ll ask when its over and worked through my time
Lift these tired old bones back to the light

The miners they work for the same poor pay
But they get to leave at the end of the day
The dreams they dig for will never be found
Just like ponies weren’t born to live underground

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I hope there’s a place where pit ponies go
When we’re done with the work
We’re too weak and too slow
No muck to your knees coal slag or gas
Just the warmth of the sunlight on a field of green grass.

Chorus

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from Diary of a Coaltown, released June 21, 2008
Gordon Carter - Vocals and Guitar
Kybor Tylor - Guitar
Todd Butler - Harmonies

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