The Pound a Week Rise
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Come all you colliers who work down the mine
From Scotland to South Wales from Teesdale to Tyne
I'll sing you a song about the pound a week rise
And the men who were fooled by the government's lies
And it's down you go down below Jack
Where you never see the skies
And you're working in a dungeon
For your pound a week rise
In nineteen and sixty a few years ago
The mine workers' leaders to Lord Robens did go
Saying "We work very hard, every day we risk our lives
And we ask you here and now for a pound a week rise."
And it's down you go down below Jack
Where you never see the skies
And you're working in a dungeon
For your pound a week rise
Up spoke Lord Robens and he made this decree
He said "When the offer rises with you I will agree
I'll raise up all your wages, I'll give to you fair pay
For I was once a miner and I worked hard in my day."
And it's down you go down below Jack
Where you never see the skies
And you're working in a dungeon
For your pound a week rise
Well the miners they went home, they worked hard and well
Their lungs filled with coal dust in the bottom of hell
The offer rose by fifteen, eighteen percent and more
And when two years had passed and gone it rose above a score
And it's down you go down below Jack
Where you never see the skies
And you're working in a dungeon
For your pound a week rise
The miners they went to get their hard-earned prize
They asked Lord Robens for their pound of wheat rise
Robens wouldn't give a pound, he wouldn't give ten bob
He gave them seven and six and said, "Now get back to your job"
And it's down you go, down below, Jack
Where you never see the skies
And your work is never done
Before you're found a wheat rise
So come all you colliers, take heed what I say
Don't believe Lord Robens when he says he'll give fair pay
He'll tell you to work hard, make the output rise
But you'll get pie in the sky instead of a one-pound rise
And it's down you go, down below, Jack
Where you never see the skies
And your work is never done
Before you're found a wheat risе
And it's down you go, down below, Jack
Wherе you never see the skies
And your work is never done
Before you're found a wheat rise
And it's down you go, down below, Jack
Where you never see the skies
And your work is never done
Before you're found a wheat rise