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(06) Blackleg Miner
Richard Thompson
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Oh, it's in the evening after dark
That the blackleg miner goes to work
With his moleskin pants and his dirty shirt
There goes the blackleg miner
He takes his pick and down he goes
To hew the coal that lies below
There's not a woman in this town row
Would look at the blackleg miner
Oh, Delaver is a terrible place
They rub wet clay in the blackleg's face
Around the pit they run a foot race
To catch the blackleg miner
It's in the evening after dark
That the blackleg miner goes to work
With his moleskin pants and his dirty shirt
There goes the blackleg miner
Don't go near the Segal mine
Across the top they've stretched a line
To catch the throat and break the spine
Of the dirty blackleg miner
It's in the evening after dark
That the blackleg miner goes to work
With his moleskin pants and his dirty shirt
There goes the blackleg miner
They take his pick and pick his will
They hurl him down the pit of hell
It's off you go and fare thee well
You dirty blackleg miner
So join the union while you may
Don't wait 'til your dying day
For that may not be far away
You dirty blackleg miner
It's in the evening after dark
That the blackleg miner goes to work
With his moleskin pants and his dirty shirt
There goes the blackleg miner
It's in the evening after dark
That the blackleg miner goes to work
With his moleskin pants and his dirty shirt
There goes the blackleg miner