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The Blackleg Miner
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Video Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlV6uxijFGs
19th-century English folk ballad, The Blackleg Miner, performed by Jesse Ferguson on guitar. Chords and lyrics below. • Support this channel on Patreon: / jessefergusonmusic • Jesse on Apple Music: / jesse-ferguson • Jesse on YouTube Music: / jesse ferguson - topic • Jesse on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5heCd... • Jesse on Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/Shanties-Whali... • Jesse's Website: http://www.jessefergusonmusic.com • Jesse's Facebook: / bardofcornwall • The Blackleg Miner • (traditional. arrang. J. Ferguson, Dec. 2013) • 138 bpm • V1. [let chords ring on this verse only] • Em D • Well, it's in the evening, after dark • Em Bm • the blackleg miner creeps tae work • Em D • in his moleskin pants and dirty shirt— • Em Bm Em* • there goes the blackleg miner. • *begin quick strum here. • Interlude: Em D Em Bm • Em D Em Bm Em • V2. • 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 a blackleg miner. • V3. • For Deleva is a terrible place; • they rub wet clay in a blackleg's face. • Around the pits they run a foot race • to catch the blackleg miner. • V4. • And don't go near the Segal mine: • across the top they've stretched a line • to catch the throat and break the spine • of the dirty blackleg miner. • V5. • Well, they take his pick and duds as well, • and they hurl them down the Pit o’ Hell. • “Then off you go, and fare thee well, • you dirty blackleg miner.” • V6. • So join the union while you may, • and don't wait till your dying day, • for that may not be far away, • you dirty blackleg miner. • V7. • Well, it's in the evening, after dark • the blackleg miner creeps tae work • in his moleskin pants and dirty shirt— • Em Bm Em • there goes the blackleg miner, • Em Bm Em • there goes the blackleg miner. • Em Bm Em • You dirty blackleg miner.
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