A Pound A Week Rise

Em D Em D Em D A Come all you colliers who work down the mines Em G A From Scotland to South Wales, from Teesdale to Tyne Em D A I'll sing you a song of a pound a week rise Em G A And the men who were fooled by the government's lies Em And it's down you go, down below, Jack D A Where y'never see the sky Em And you're workin' in a dungeon G A For a pound a week rise Em D A Now in nineteen and sixty, just a few years ago Em G A The mineworkers' leaders to Lord Robens did go Em D A "We work very hard and every day we risk our lives Em G A We ask you here and now for a pound a week rise. " Em And it's down you go, down below, Jack D A Where y'never see the sky Em And you're workin' in a dungeon G A For a pound a week rise Em D A And it's up spoke Lord Robens he made this decree Em G A "Now when the output rises, then with you I will agree Em D A To raise up all your wages and to give to you fair play Em G A I was once a miner, I worked hard in my day" Em And it's down you go, down below, Jack D A Where y'never see the sky Em And you're workin' in a dungeon G A For a pound a week rise Em D A Those miners they went home, they worked hard and well Em G A Their lungs filled with coal dust in the bosom of hell Em D A The output rose by fifteen, eighteen percent and more Em G A And when two years had passed and gone it rose above a score Em And it's down you go, down below, Jack D A Where y'never see the sky Em And you're workin' in a dungeon G A For a pound a week rise A Em G A Em D Em D Em D A Em D A Those miners they went for to get their hard-won prize Em G A To ask Lord Robens for a pound a week rise Em D A Robens wouldn't give a pound he wouldn't give ten bob Em G A He gave 'em seven and six and said "Get back to your jobs" Em And it's down you go, down below, Jack D A Where y'never see the sky Em And you're workin' in a dungeon G A For a pound a week rise Em D A So come all you colliers, take heed what I say Em G A Don't believe the Coal Board when they'll say they'll give fair play Em D A They'll tell you to work hard to make the output rise Em G A You'll get pie in the sky instead of a one pound rise Em And it's down you go, down below, Jack D A Where y'never see the sky Em And you're workin' in a dungeon G A For a pound a week rise Em And it's down you go, down below, Jack D A Where y'never see the sky Em And you're workin' in a dungeon G A For a pound a week rise Em D A Em G A Em D Em D etc.