Blackleg Miner Richard Thompson

[Chorus]
Oh it's in the evening after dark
That the blackleg miner goes to work
With his moleskin pants and his dirty shirt
There goes the blackleg miner

[Verse 1]
He takes his pick and down he goes
To hew the coal that lies below
There's not a woman in this town row
Would look at the blackleg miner

[Verse 2]
Oh Delaval is a terrible place
They rub wet clay in the blackleg's face
Around the pit they run a footrace
To catch the blackleg miner

[Chorus]
It's in the evening after dark
The blackleg miner goes to work
With his moleskin pants and his dirty shirt
There goes the blackleg miner

[Verse 3]
Don't go near the Seghill mine
Across the top they've stretched a line
To catch the throat and break the spine
Of the dirty blackleg miner