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The Pound A Week Rise - Dick Gaughan
Come all of you colliers who work down the mine
From Scotland to South Wales from Tees dale to Tyne
I'll sing you a song of a pound a week rise
And the man who was fooled by the Government's lies
And it's down you go down below Jack
Where you never see the skies
And you're working in a ding eon
For a pound a week rise
At nineteen and sixty a few years ago
The mine workers' leaders to Lord Robins did go
Saying"We work very hard every day we risk our lives
And we ask here and now for a pound a week rise"
And it's down you go down below Jack
Where you never see the skies
And you're working in a ding eon
For a pound a week rise
Then up spoke Lord Robins
And he made this decree
And"When the output rises then with you I will agree
To raise up all your wages
To give to you fair pay
For I was once a miner and I worked hard in my day"
And it's down you go down below Jack
Where you never see the skies
And you're working in a ding eon
For a pound a week rise
The miners they went home
They worked hard and well
With lungs full of coal dust in the bosom of hell
The output rose by fifteen
Eighteen per cent and more
And when two years had passed
And gone it rose above a score
And it's down you go down below Jack
Where you never see the skies
And you're working in a ding eon
For a pound a week rise
Then miners they went to get their hard won prize
To ask Lord Robins for their pound a week rise
Robins wouldn't give a pound
He wouldn't give ten bob
He gave them seven and six and said no
"Get back to your job"
And it's down you go down below Jack
Where you never see the skies
And you're working in a ding eon
For a pound a week rise
And come all of you colliers
Take heed what I'm saying
Don't believe Lord Robins
When he says he'll give fair pay
He'll tell you to work hard
To make the output rise
You'll get pie in the sky
Instead of a one pound rise
