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Wives of the Striking Miner

by Two Comfortable Men

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We may shout words that are abuse, You think we're silly and what's the use? And if the time comes then what would you do? Be on the picket line or join the dole queue? It's a striking miner's lament, It's a striking miner's lament. Listen to me you boys in blue, You all try to stop me, that's what you do. I'm only trying to talk but you get rough, And if you get hurt well that's just tough. It's a striking miner's lament, It's a striking miner's lament. We're fighting for Our job, Something we may May not have, So get in the picket line You bloody scab, So get in the picket line You bloody scab! Striking miner's lament, It's a striking miner's lament...
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Now here's a tale for all to here Of wives of the striking miner, Search the country, you won't meet none finer. Not for them the mopish life, They don't stay home and cry, They don't sit back while others fight. As living gets tougher We tighten our belts Despair of the work to be done, Our sisters in Notts give us the will to go on, Husbands and kids, hold up your heads, Walk tall, look them straight in the eye, Through these bitter times we will never die... No mercy is shown you, No peace ever given, You're lives must be One living hell, But always remember Though distance may part us Our thoughts are with you Hearts as well... We're filled with such pain When we hear of your plight Your families outrageously treated The victimization, threats and abuse Through history being repeated When years have rolled by We'll sit and remember This struggle Our jobs to protect And we'll tell them with pride How the Nottingham wives Wholeheartedly earned our Respect.
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You fought long and strong And a lot said you were wrong To fight this obsession With a Thatcher oppression You were sold down the line And we'll all see in time When they made you go back to the mines, lads. You've been out for a year And we'll all shed a tear There'll be a new fear for the outcome of this year. Go back with your heads held high, lads. We were with you all the way Though we did not have to pay The workers of today Should have found a way For you to win your day For it's them who'll have to pay for this sad day. Go back with your heads held high, lads.
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Men & Mines 02:01
These handmade roads Where darkness creeps Are crushed with timbers Whose crusty fingers Hang like wilting flowers, hang like wilting flowers. A splintered rock reveals A fossil's cryptic sign These are the subtle prints A code that makes A moment of a thousand years, a moment of a thousand years. The striking miners Whose skills are up for grabs Won't forfeit their lives And watch communities Laid waste for selfish policies, laid waste for selfish policies.
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Our Strike 02:30
Granddad can you hear me As you take your well-earned rest? Can you spare a moment As we face our greatest test? Granddad we are troubled And our world is torn apart, Granddad can I speak to you from deep inside my heart? Union's still fighting So stay strong and true. Union's still fighting So what do we do? Government is claiming that the miners have no place To work and earn a living in this modern human race They say that pits don't make profits And some of them must close Work is hard to come by So this is what we chose. Granddad we have sat and watched As our families struggle by And now we stand and fight And give our battle cry Jobs for all our brothers Yes jobs for everyone Days of knuckling under have passed by and gone. Granddad can you hear me As tears fall down my face, We have to win this fight To save the mining race As others did before us All me strong and true, We'll do it for you granddad, For the union and for you.
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As Tories walk by What do they see? As they look down Their nose at me, Is it someone Standing forlorn? Perhaps ever wishing She'd never been born? Well it just goes to show How wrong you can be. The proud person Standing there was me. I wasn't collecting For rifles and guns, Just milk and flour And cheap bread buns. It was the winter of 84, Much too cold to go outside the door So I stood there clutching my tin Hoping passers by would put money in. Tories said our actions weren't right Backed up with the media's might Well I'm not a thug Or the enemy within I'm just a miner's wife Clutching a tin, Clutching a tin, Clutching a tin.

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The lyrical content of this album was mined from a book of poetry, titled, 'We Are Women, We Are Strong: Stories of Northumberland Miners' Wives, 1984-85.' The book, found in an abandoned house in County Mayo, contains poems written in the 1980s by wives of the striking British miners.

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www.amazon.co.uk/We-are-Women-Strong-Northumberland/dp/1869873009

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released August 25, 2015

Conor Hickey (Guitar & Vocals)
Daniel Hickey (Drums & Vocals)

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