a miner's life

a miner's life is like a sailor on board a ship to cross the waves

every day his life's in danger

many ventures being brave

watch the rocks

they're falling daily

careless miners always fail

keep your hand upon your wages and your eye upon the scale

union miners

stand together

do not heed the coal board's tale

keep your hand upon your wages

and your eye upon the scale

you've been docked and docked again

boys

you've been loading three for one

what's the use in all your working when your mining days are done?

worn out shoes and worn miners

blackened lungs and faces pale

oh keep your hand upon your wages and your eye upon the scale

in conclusion

bear in memory

keep this password in your mind

worker's strength cannot be broken when unions be combined

stand up tall and stand together

victory for you prevail

oh keep your hands upon your wages and your eye upon the scale