Ewan MacColl
The Big Hewer Lyrics
Disc 1
- When you hew a lump of coal
- Out of the dirt and darkness I was born
- Schoolday's over; come on then, John
- Now don't be late
- You're at the pit bank
- Oh dear, the experience to go down the pit
- When I am down the pit
- So now you know how coal is got
- Jimmy, come back, come back
- Yes... he was working next to me
- And yet it's good to come from the pit
- Three hundred years I hewed at the coal by hand
- Down in the dark
- In Durham and Northumberland, I'm sorry for to say
- A miner has to possess that sense of humour
- Coal is a thing that's cost life to get
- Today, safety is the prime factor
- Deep down in a man's heart