Union Songs
Strange Lover Is A Coalmine
A Song by Ed Pickford©Ed Pickford mcps/prs
The stream was black from a miner's back
In the place where I spent childhood days
I built a camp in the pit-prop yard
I remember the mines had ladies names.
From the swings I could see the men
On haunches as they crouched in line
But that was then and now I think
What a strange lover is a coalmine.Chorus:
Strange lover that'll kill a brother
Crucify a wife and mother
Sleep with a man at the same time plan
To bring him down, down, down
What a strange lover is a coalmine.My friend Joe worked 50 years
Deep in the belly of a Durham mine
All those years he shed no tears
Durham men are not that kind
His brother died in a fall of stone
He seemed a hero at the time
But that was then and now I think
What a strange lover is a coalmine.Joe survived 'til he grew old
But he never did forget about the coalmine
He loved the coal and the Union too
He had a miner's pride about his own time
I remember the hot Julys
The banners that flew in the Durham skies
I remember the hopes and the fears and the lies
What a strange lover is a coalmine.
Notes
Many thanks to Ed Pickford for permission to add this song to the Union Songs collection.
Find more Ed Pickford songs on this site.
Visit Ed Pickford's website at http://www.ed-pickford.co.uk/
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