The Ballad of Dusty Lungs
Tenor, quartet, harmonised, work man's song, clangs and tin sounds, gritty
The Ballad of Dusty Lungs
Tenor, quartet, harmonised, work man's song, clangs and tin sounds, gritty
Lyrics
Verse
Down we go boys dusty air
Dark and deep with nowhere there
Pick axe swings and muscle aches
Every single breath we take
Ahhhweeyaaooooo
Prechorus
Hear the rumble far below
Where the black rock gonna go
Chorus
Ahhhweeyaaooooo to the rock face we all march
Ahhhweeyaaooooo sweat and dust and no green arch
Ahhhweeyaaooooo for the coins that shine so bright
Ahhhweeyaaooooo through the endless working night
Verse 2
Flicker lamp just barely gleam
Living out a miner's dream
Wife and babies wait at home
Never felt so all alone
Ahhhweeyaaooooo
Bridge
Some men sing a happy tune
Beneath the silver hungry moon
We just hum a dusty groan
Far away from hearth and home
Chorus
Ahhhweeyaaooooo to the rock face we all march
Ahhhweeyaaooooo sweat and dust and no green arch
Ahhhweeyaaooooo for the coins that shine so bright
Ahhhweeyaaooooo through the endless working night