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The big hewer : a radio ballad about Britain's coal miners

Material type: MusicMusicPublisher number: Da 140 | Argo / DeccaPublication details: Argo / Decca, 1967.Description: 1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm
Contents:
1. When you hew a lump of coal -- 2. Out of the dirt and darkness I was born -- 3. Schooldays over, come on then, John -- 4. Now don't be late -- 5. You're at the pit bank -- 6. Oh dear, The experience to go down the pit -- 7. When I am down in the pit -- 8. So now you know the coal how it is got -- 9. Jimmy, come back, come back -- 10. Yes.he was working next to me -- 11. And yet its good to come from the pit -- 12. Three hundred years I hewed at the coal by hand -- 13. Down in the dark -- 14. In Durham and Northumberland, I'm sorryfor to say -- 15. A miner has to possess that sense of humour -- 16. Coal is a thing that's cost life to get -- 17. Today, safety is the prime factor -- 18. Deep down in a man's heart.
Holdings
Item type Home library Shelving location Class number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode
Sound Recordings Sound Recordings VWML Storage SAD 2426 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Reference only SR06498

Sound disc, analog.

Written by Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker and Peggy Seeger. First broadcast on the BBC Home Service, 18/8/1961, produced by Parker, Charles.

Musical instruments: concertina, harmonica, clarinet, tin whistle; double-bass, fiddle, guitar, banjo, mandolin, autoharp.

1. When you hew a lump of coal -- 2. Out of the dirt and darkness I was born -- 3. Schooldays over, come on then, John -- 4. Now don't be late -- 5. You're at the pit bank -- 6. Oh dear, The experience to go down the pit -- 7. When I am down in the pit -- 8. So now you know the coal how it is got -- 9. Jimmy, come back, come back -- 10. Yes.he was working next to me -- 11. And yet its good to come from the pit -- 12. Three hundred years I hewed at the coal by hand -- 13. Down in the dark -- 14. In Durham and Northumberland, I'm sorryfor to say -- 15. A miner has to possess that sense of humour -- 16. Coal is a thing that's cost life to get -- 17. Today, safety is the prime factor -- 18. Deep down in a man's heart.

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