[Verse 1]
It's good of you to ask me, sir
To tell you how I spend the day
Well in the coal-black tunnel, sir
I hurry corves to earn my pay
The corves are full of coal, kind sir
I push them with my hands and head
It isn't ladylike, but sir
You've got to earn your daily bread
[Verse 2]
I push them with my hands and head
And so my hair gets worn away
You see this baldy patch I've got
It shames me like I just can't say
A lady's hands are lily white
But mine are full of cuts and segs
And since I'm pushing all the time
I've great big muscles on my legs
[Verse 3]
I try to be respectable
But sir, the shame, God save my soul
I work with naked sweating men
Who curse and swear and chew the coal
The sight, the smell, the sound, kind sir
Not even God could sense my shame
I say my prayers but what's the use?
Tomorrow will be just the same
It's good of you to ask me, sir
To tell you how I spend the day
Well in the coal-black tunnel, sir
I hurry corves to earn my pay
The corves are full of coal, kind sir
I push them with my hands and head
It isn't ladylike, but sir
You've got to earn your daily bread
[Verse 2]
I push them with my hands and head
And so my hair gets worn away
You see this baldy patch I've got
It shames me like I just can't say
A lady's hands are lily white
But mine are full of cuts and segs
And since I'm pushing all the time
I've great big muscles on my legs
[Verse 3]
I try to be respectable
But sir, the shame, God save my soul
I work with naked sweating men
Who curse and swear and chew the coal
The sight, the smell, the sound, kind sir
Not even God could sense my shame
I say my prayers but what's the use?
Tomorrow will be just the same
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