Union Songs
Three Foot Seam
Traditional as sung by Steve Suffet, arrangement©Steve Suffet 2006
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Start on chorus:
Working in a three foot seam,
I'll tell you, boys, this life is not a dream,
There's no joy to be found,
When you're two miles underground,
And you're working in a three foot seam.Up above the weather may be fine,
But you're down here where the sun don't ever shine,
And you're crawling like a rat,
In your heart you're wishing that,
You were any place except down in a mine.Repeat chorus.
They're acting like they're making you a gift,
When they pay a bloody pittance for a shift,
While you're sweating out your soul,
For every ton of coal,
There're two tons of dirt and rock you got to lift.Repeat chorus.
Bad conditions have prevailed for way too long,
Join our union, boys, you know you can't go wrong,
And together we can tell,
All the bosses "Go to Hell!"
For our union voice is many thousand strong.And together we can tell,
All the bosses "Go to Hell!"
For our union voice is many thousand strong.And together we can tell,
All the bosses "Go to Hell!"
For our union voice is many thousand strong.End without chorus.
Notes
Many thanks to Steve Suffet for permission to add this song to the Union Songs collection.
Steve writes:
"Three Foot Seam appears on my latest CD, 'I've Been Up On the Mountain', which was officially launched on January 1 2007"Find more of Steve's work on this site
Visit Steve's website at http://stevesuffet.com/
union songs..........a selection by mark gregory