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Pound a Week Rise Lyrics by Siobhan Miller

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Come all you colliers who work down the mine
From Scotland to South Wales from Teesdale to Tyne
I'll sing you a song of the pound a week rise
And the men who were fooled by the government's lies

In 19 and 60 a few years ago
The mineworkers' leaders to Lord Robens did go
Sayin' "We work very hard, every day we risk our lives
And we ask you here and now for a pound a week rise."

And it's down you go
Down below, Jack
Where you never see the skies
And you're workin' in a dungeon
For your pound a week rise

Well up spoke Lord Robens and he made this decree
"When the output rises, then with you I will agree
I'll raise up all your wages, I'll give to you fair pay
For I was once a miner and I worked hard in my day"

And it's down you go
Down below, Jack
Where you never see the skies
And you're workin' in a dungeon
For your pound a week rise

The miners they went home, they worked hard and well
Their lungs filled with coal dust in the bosom of hell
The output rose by fifteen, eighteen percent, and more
And when two years had passed and gone it rose about a score

The miners they went home, to get their hard-earned prize
They went asked Lord Robens for their pound a week rise
Robens wouldn't give a pound, he wouldn't give ten bob
He gave 'em seven and six and said "Get back to your jobs!"

And it's down you go
Down below, Jack
Where you never see the skies
And you're workin' in a dungeon
For your pound a week rise

So come all you colliers, take heed what I say
Don't believe Lord Robens when he said he'll give fair pay
He'll tell you to work hard and make the output rise
You'll get pie in the sky instead of a pound a week rise

And it's down you go
Down below, Jack
Where you never see the skies
And you're workin' in a dungeon
For your pound a week rise
It's down you go
Down below, Jack
Where you never see the skies
And you're workin' in a dungeon
For your pound a week rise
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Siobhan Miller

Siobhan Miller

About “Pound a Week Rise” by Siobhan Miller

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"Pound a Week Rise" appears on "Strata".

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