MINER'S LIFEGUARD

(as sung by Dick Gaughan, tune Charles Davis Tillman)


Miner's life is like a sailor's					verse 1
  'Board a ship to cross the waves
Ev'ry day his life's in danger
  Still he ventures being brave
Watch the rocks, they're falling daily
  Careless miners always fail
Keep your hand upon your wages		orig: the dollar
  And your eye upon the scale

	Union miners, stand together				
	Do not heed the Coal Board's tale	orig: Heed no operator's tale
	Keep your hand upon your wages	orig: the dollar
	And your eye upon the scale

You've been docked and docked again, boys	verse 4
  You've been loading three for one
What have you to show for working
  Since your mining days begun?
Worn-out shoes and worn-out miners		orig: Overalls and cans for rockers
  Blackened lungs and faces pale			orig: In your shanties, sleep on rails
Keep your hand upon your wages		orig: the dollar
  And your eye upon the scale

	Union miners stand together ...

In conclusion, bear in memory				verse 5
  Keep the password in your mind
Workers' strength cannot be broken		orig: God provides for every nation
  When in Union we combine				orig: When in union they combine
Stand up tall, and stand together			orig: Stand like men and linked together
  Victory for you'll prevail
Keep your hand upon your wages		orig: the dollar
  And your eye upon the scale

	Union miners stand together ...


Soon this trouble will be ended				orig. verse 2
  Union men will have their rights
After many years of bondage
  Digging days and digging nights
Then by honest weight we labor
  Union workers never fail
Keep your hand upon the dollar
  And your eye upon the scale

	Union miners stand together ...

Let no union man be weakened				orig. verse 3
  By newspapers' false reports
Be like sailors on the ocean
  Trusting in their safe lifeboats
Let your lifeboat be Jehovah
  Those who trust Him never fail
Keep your hand upon the dollar
  And your eye upon the scale

	Union miners stand together ...
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