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South Wellington

from Diary of a Coaltown by Gordon Carter

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lyrics

I was born in South Wellington my father he worked in that mine
My mother did laundry for the manager's wife she worked hard all of her life
My older brother he worked with my dad and one night they did not come home
An explosion took them to heaven and we were left on own.

Chorus
I remember the words of my father
Son don't work in that mine
The air is as black as number nine coal
Every breath will take some of your life

So we packed up and moved to Cumberland
Got a job at the Union Hotel
They let us a room off the alley
But my mother she did not fair well
For she longed for the love of her husband
And grieved for the loss of her son
One night the angels took her
And her mortal days were done.

Chorus

Now the alders have grown up on the railroad tracks
All the slag heaps are covered with moss
When those coal barons counted all their millions
Did they ever consider the cost
Now the ghost of old Dunsmuir still rattles around
In the halls of Craigdarroch Castle

All the money that he made on the miner's that he fleeced
Sure didn't buy him any peace

Chorus

Gonna live out my days in Royston
Let the sea breeze fill up my lungs
I remember my mother my father and my brother
In the words that I wrote them in this song

Chorus
Repeat last two lines of chorus

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from Diary of a Coaltown, released June 21, 2008
Gordon Carter - Vocals and Guitar
Bob Romano - Mandolin

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