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The Roving Miner

from Mackerel Sky by Jude Edwin-Scott

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The Roving Miner

Copyright Jude Edwin-Scott  Music and Words 2022

Over two hundred thousand men
Lost their jobs to the politicians pen
Scattered like seeds across the glen
The roving miner

Even when the moon is bright
I still see by the miner's light
There's a shadow on my life
The wind is howling

Follow the open road
Like a map through my northern soul
Every corner you will go
You'll see me trying
And now my eyes grow dim
From the coal dust, copper and tin
In my heart there's a choir singing
It keeps me flying

From Cumbria to Lancashire
South Wales to Tyne and Wear
See our lights just disappear
The harbour's fading

Gabriel's hounds they run so fast
This way of life wasn't built to last
Another we dram from the old cut glass
To keep from drowning

Over one hundred and ninety pits closed
Ten years of Thatcher's blows
You'd starve our children
Put us on the road
The Roving miners

Sea Pink grows there now
Our veins exposed somehow
We are the treasure beneath the plough
See us shining

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from Mackerel Sky, released May 25, 2022

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Jude Edwin-Scott is a singer-songwriter and guitarist based in the North-West of England, United Kingdom. He has a laid- back, understated singing voice and writes memorable lyrics based in autobiography and storytelling. He has recorded 10 albums between 1999 and 2022. His new album 'Rambling Rose' came out on the 30th June 2023. ... more

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