Intro
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Oh, it's in the evening after dark
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When the blackleg miner creeps to work
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His moleskin pants and dirty shirt
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There goes the blackleg miner
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Well, he grabs his duds and down he goes
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To hew the coal that lies below
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There's not a girl in this town row
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Will look at the blackleg miner
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Oh, Delaval is a terrible place
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They rub wet clay in the blackleg's face
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And around the heaps they run a race
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To catch the blackleg miner
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So divvent gan near the Seghill mine
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Across the way they stretch a line
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To catch the throat and break the spine
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Of the dirty blackleg miner
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So he grabbed his duds, his picks as well
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And they hoy them down the pit of hell
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Down you go and fare you well
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You dirty blackleg miner
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So join the union while you may
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Don't wait till your dying day
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For that may not be far away
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You dirty blackleg miner
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Oh, it's in the evening after dark
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When the blackleg miner creeps to work
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His moleskin pants and dirty shirt
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There goes the blackleg miner
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So join the union while you may
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Don't wait till your dying day
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For that may not be far away
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You dirty blackleg miner
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You dirty blackleg miner
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You dirty blackleg miner