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The blackleg miners
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Oh, early in the evenin', just after dark,
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The blackleg miners creep te wark,
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Wi' their moleskin trousers an' dorty short,
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There go the backleg miners!
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They take their picks an' doon they go
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Te dig the coal that lies belaw,
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An' there's not a woman in this toon-aw*
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Will look at a blackleg miner.
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Oh, Delaval is a terrible place.
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They rub wet clay in a blackleg's face,
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An' roond the pit-heaps they run a foot
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Wi' the dorty blackleg miners.
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Now, don't go near the Seghill mine.
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Across the way they stretch a line,
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Te catch the throat an' break the spine
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O' the dorty backleg miners.
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They'll take your tools an' duds as well,
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An' hoy them doon the pit o' hell.
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It's doon ye go, an' fare ye well,
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Ye dorty blackleg miners!
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Se join the union while ye may.
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Don't wait till your dyin' day,
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For that may not be far away,
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Ye dorty blackleg miners!
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*Toon-raw = town-row
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Note: A black-leg is a scab.
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From Folk Song in England, lloyd
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Filename[ blakleg
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Play. Exe blakleg
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Rg
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Blackleg Miner
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