William Barras (1803-1835)-Manning

[ti:William Barras (1803-1835)] [ar:Manning] [al:Anser's Tree] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]William Barras (1803-1835) - Manning [00:41.30]Down from the sunlight boys [00:45.60] [00:46.98]Swinging in a cage [00:49.46] [00:50.68]Life underground [00:52.48] [00:53.10]Mirrors the black face mole [00:55.97] [00:57.04]Bathed in shadow light [00:59.01] [01:00.26]Beat the drum boys [01:02.65]Dust and misery [01:04.44] [01:05.36]For a farthing at Wallsend colliery [01:09.30] [01:09.83]Out in the morning we'll be far far away [01:17.81] [01:19.21]From lamps in the burrows [01:21.69]To clear blue overhead with our families [01:27.97] [01:28.83]So beat the drum boys [01:31.58]Black coal takers [01:33.84]One more round and we'll make it home again [01:39.15] [01:39.86]Over the hills [01:43.60] [02:12.63]Over the hills [02:15.89] [02:19.60]Down in the tunnels where devils may lie [02:23.28] [02:24.08]There's no one to turn to my 'marra' and I [02:27.90] [02:29.08]Counting our pieces like hand crafted gold [02:33.12] [02:33.87]Hearing our hearts like the hammers of old [02:37.36] [02:38.43]Strike Strike Strike upon the seam [02:41.96] [02:43.32]Strike Strike and try not hit a beam [02:47.06] [02:48.24]Crouched like some victims and forcing our way [02:52.17] [02:53.07]Up through the mixture of iron and clay under toe [02:59.52] [03:17.23]Then in a second a moment of cold [03:21.01] [03:21.64]On instant of silence has taken control of my soul [03:27.86] [03:30.58]Of my soul under the hills [03:43.15] [03:45.57]So beat the drum boys Black coal takers [03:49.91] [03:50.43]There's no more time for memory makers here [03:57.10] [07:48.63]There's nothing moving [07:51.35] [07:53.11]And I can't feel my legs [07:54.87] [07:57.09]I hear someone breathing [08:00.52] [08:01.84]And there's a Davy by my head [08:04.67] [08:05.28]Is anyone else alive down here [08:10.72] [08:14.14]Help is on it's way never fear boys [08:20.48] [08:31.47]Minutes passing slowly [08:34.52] [08:36.09]In the damp and the black [08:38.40] [08:40.76]There's no more moving [08:43.15] [08:43.95]From the wall at the back [08:46.72] [08:48.96]Will they get to the shaft base in time [08:54.41] [08:57.71]Ponies and dead bodies in the gloom and grime [09:03.96] [09:06.39]Imagine myself in the noon day sun [09:10.42]Or standing in the summers rain [09:12.58] [09:15.08]Will I ever be home again [09:18.45] [09:18.99]I'm locked beneath a frame [09:21.43] [09:23.68]I'll run wild through the trees and the hay [09:27.12] [09:27.99]And wash in the Northern Seas [09:31.07] [09:32.46]If God is on our side this time [09:35.55] [09:36.68]He'll never let Auld Nick take me away [09:41.55] [10:03.43]There's no one coming to set us free [10:10.22] [10:12.39]We're all alone now just Jack and Me [10:18.95] [10:20.20]Imagine myself in the Noon day sun [10:23.62] [10:24.49]Or standing in the summers rain [10:26.58] [10:28.95]Will I ever be home again [10:32.09] [10:32.96]I'm locked beneath a frame [10:35.16] [10:37.47]I'll run wild through the trees and the hay [10:40.88] [10:41.81]And wash in the Northern Seas [10:44.94] [10:46.23]If God is on our side this time [10:49.39] [10:50.39]He'll never let Auld Nick take me away [10:55.66] [10:59.18]Down in the tunnels where devils may lie [11:02.84] [11:03.68]There's only the ghosts of my 'marra' and I [11:07.61] [11:08.78]Guarding the pieces like hand crafted gold [11:12.51] [11:13.48]Echoes of axes like hammers of old [11:17.35] [11:18.33]Strike Strike Strike upon the seam [11:21.63] [11:22.85]Strike Strike and try not hit a beam [11:26.82] [11:27.66]The pit mouth was sealed and the town moved away [11:31.42] [11:32.69]Leaving the mixture of iron and clay far below below under the hills [11:54.43] [11:56.56]So beat the drum boys Black coal takers [12:01.34]There's no more time for memory makers here