Harry Stone - Hearts of Coal

Harry Stone was a miner born
 He worked to win his wages
 Riding down the cages
 And raging at the seams
 He worked his stall from dusk till dawn
 Sweet sweat and raw endeavour
 Black diamonds bound together
 By a strong and simple means He met a girl from Ironville
 He promised he would love her
 He'd put no-one above her
 At last they went to town
 He promised he would love her
 Til the blackbirds stopped their singing
 The mission bell stopped ringing
 And they closed the coal pit down chorus
 Where are you tonight now we need you
 Left out in the cold - cold
 Where are you tonight now we need you
 They broke the hearts of coal
 Hearts of coal They raised their children chapel proud
 The lamb and the flag to guide them
 They each strove to provide them
 With a sense of right from wrong
 And when the strikes and lock-outs came
 And bare-foot hunger tried them
 All hopes were denied them
 Their unity held strong chorus Forty years of coal-dust
 Is a lot of pain to carry
 It made a cripple out of Harry
 But his family came and took up his tools
 And they faced the Orgreave cavalry
 While the world looked on and wondered
 Their right to work was plundered
 By the statesman-ship of fools chorus The 'Enemy Within' they cried
 And the boney finger pointed
 Dripping gold from the anointed
 At the beggar and her bowl
 And just like the Union said he would
 The axeman came in dancing
 His psychopathic prancing
 Chopped out the hearts of coal chorus He promised he would love her
 Til the blackbirds stopped their singing
 The mission bells stopped ringing
 And they closed the coal pit down