Capo 4th bound
Intro
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who'll replace this old miner
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who will take my place below?
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who will follow the trepanner,
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Oh dear God, when I go?
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Who will wield my heavy pick
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That I did wield for forty years
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And who will hew the black, black coal,
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Dear God, when I go?
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who will ride the miners' train
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That takes him to the dark coal face
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Who'll take my place upon that train,
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Oh dear God, when I go?
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And who will load this iron top
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And who will strain his bending back
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And who will work and ache like hell,
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Oh dear God, when I go?
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who will cry when the roof caves in
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When friends are dying all around?
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And who will sing the miner's hymn,
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Oh dear God, when I go?
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For forty years I've loved the mine
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For forty years I've worked down there
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Now who'll replace this old miner
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Oh dear God, when I go?
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and who will wield my heavy pick
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That I did wield for forty years
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And who will hew the black, black coal,
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dear God, when I go?
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Tabbed by PatrickdSD 18.01.2012