Laxey Wheel Song

G D When Laxey was a mining village many years ago, D7 G There were 600 miners working under Captain Rowe C G E But The bottom of the mineshaft was below the water line A D So they had to build a wheel to pump the water from the mine. G And the Laxey Wheel keeps turning, turning, turning, D In Lady Isabella's memory, C And while the water flows G E The Laxey Wheel still goes A D7 G And the Laxey river runs down to the sea. G D For three quarters of a century there were fortunes lost and found D7 G As miners dug the lead and zinc from underneath the ground, C G E Then came a great depression in 1929 A7 D And the miners drew their wages for the last time at the mine. G And the Laxey Wheel keeps turning, turning, turning, D In Lady Isabella's memory, C And while the water flows G E The Laxey Wheel still goes A D G And the Laxey river runs down to the sea. G D It's stood now for a 100 years through wind, snow, rain and drought, D7 G And it will keep on turning till the sands of time run out, C G E And though the main mine building is no more than a shell A7 D7 The Wheel still stands majestic in the shadow of Snaefell. G And the Laxey Wheel keeps turning, turning, turning, D In Lady Isabella's memory, C And while the water flows G E The Laxey Wheel still goes A D7 G And the Laxey river runs down to the sea.