in the olden days of mining they went down a hole
working in the underground digging out the coal
digging in the dark with a head torch used for light
digging all day long digging through the night

providing all the coal for homes and factory
such a thankless job with lots of tragedy
many mines collapsed as they fell inside
sadly lives were lost many miners died

thats the way it was what miners used to do
life beneath the ground was all they ever knew
digging out the coal  for homes and factory
in the days of mining thats how it use to be

a tribute to all the miners   lives now dead and gone
in our hearts and memory they will carry on