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Aberfan Lyrics by Filthy Thieving Bastards

A Melody of Retreads and Broken Quills

2001

We suffered in our valleys
These valleys of hard toil
Witnessed gross injustices
That caused mens' blood to boil
Seen those blue scarred faces
Those emblems of the mine
Who live with death and tragedy
Every day in our time
Buried many comrades
Young victims of the dust
Who gave their lives for families
Just to earn a daily crust
Comforted the little ones
Whose hearts were on the rack
Mourning for a father who went
And came not back
Seen faces burnt to cinders
And limbs torn apart
Shared the grief and sorrow
Of many a broken heart
But now those cold black diamonds
Have done their darkest deed
And made little children pay the price
For lust and greed
A fumarole of industry stood on the mountainside
The black and deadly killer was its deadly slide
Waiting for its victims to enter into class
To crush their little bodies 'neath the mountains of morass
Eighty little innocents
Were laid beneath the clay
Their only sin in life
Was being young and gay
Put to rest together
Beneath a giant cross of flowers
And the tears were forming on our eyes
For many, many hours
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Filthy Thieving Bastards

Filthy Thieving Bastards

About “Aberfan” by Filthy Thieving Bastards

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