《Gresford Disaster》歌词

[00:00:00] Gresford Disaster - The Albion Band

[00:00:23] You've heard of the gresford disaster

[00:00:30] Of the terrible price that was paid

[00:00:35] Two hundred and fourty-two colliers were lost

[00:00:41] And three men of the rescue brigade

[00:00:47] It occurred in the month of September

[00:00:54] At three in the morning the pit

[00:00:59] It was racked by a violent explosion

[00:01:06] In the Dennis where gas lay so thick

[00:01:30] Now the gas in the Dennis deep section

[00:01:36] Was packed there like snow in a drift

[00:01:42] And many a man had to leave the coal-face

[00:01:48] Before he had worked out his shift

[00:01:53] And a fortnight before the explosion

[00:02:00] To the shot firer tomlinson cried

[00:02:05] If you fire that shot we'll be all blown to hell

[00:02:11] And no body can say that he lied

[00:05:52] And the lord mayor of London's collecting

[00:05:58] To help out the children and wives

[00:06:03] The owners have sent some lilies

[00:06:10] To pay for the poor colliers' lives

[00:06:23] Down there in the dark they are lying

[00:06:29] They died for nine shillings the day

[00:06:34] And they worked out their shift and now they must lie

[00:06:40] In the darkness until judgment day

[00:07:52] Farewell all our dear wives and our comrades

[00:07:59] Farewell all our children as well

[00:08:05] And don't send your sons down the dark dreary mine

[00:08:12] They'll be doomed like the sinners in hell