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Post by anthonygos on Apr 18, 2012 3:44:02 GMT -5
“It Takes” “By Anthony of Glynderi Glanamman”
It takes good men to dig a pit It takes young boys to shovel it quick It takes strong ponies to shift the drams Up the slopes that lay under-ground It takes tough women to wash the coals In cold mid winter snows, and watch they do not slip When they push the slag up to the tip It takes the brave to walk in a pit With just a lit candle on a long stick Look for gas that maybe there In places with not much air In that dark hole down below Where they dig for more black coal And even if the air is thin you maybe told to go back in And find your tools that lay within Yes it takes the brave to walk back in And as you walk towards the shaft You sometimes feel like having a laugh When you hear the boss-man say “Go back in lads it's ok, and work another day Dig more coal and earn you pay”
God bless them that's all I say
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