Harry Stone - Hearts of Coal-John Tams

[ti:Harry Stone - Hearts Of Coal] [ar:John Tams] [al:Unity] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Harry Stone - Hearts of Coal - John Tams [00:00.99]Harry Stone was a miner born [00:03.95] [00:05.05]He worked to win his wages [00:07.95] [00:09.69]Riding down the cages [00:12.66] [00:13.60]And raging at the seams [00:16.22] [00:17.27]He worked his stall from dusk till dawn [00:20.62] [00:21.15]Sweet sweat and raw endeavour [00:24.12] [00:25.09]Black diamonds bound together [00:28.77] [00:29.75]By a strong and simple means [00:32.50] [00:33.55]He met a girl from Ironville [00:35.71] [00:37.07]He promised he would love her [00:39.38] [00:40.90]He'd put no one above her [00:43.88] [00:44.83]At last they went to town [00:47.60] [00:48.58]He promised he would love her [00:50.91] [00:51.50]'Til the blackbirds stopped their singing [00:54.49] [00:56.16]The mission bell stopped ringing [00:59.20] [00:59.96]And they closed the coal pit down [01:02.51] [01:04.17]Where are you tonight now we need you [01:07.87] [01:08.66]Left out in the cold cold [01:12.88] [01:15.17]Where are you tonight now we need you [01:18.91] [01:19.79]They broke the hearts of coal [01:22.35] [01:23.06]Hearts of coal [01:24.76] [01:26.27]They raised their children chapel proud [01:28.89]The lamb and the flag to guide them [01:31.84] [01:33.43]They each strove to provide them [01:36.30] [01:37.23]With a sense of right from wrong [01:39.66] [01:40.59]And when the strikes and lock outs came [01:43.63] [01:44.53]And bare foot hunger tried them [01:46.82] [01:48.29]All hopes were denied them [01:51.20] [01:52.09]Their unity held strong [01:54.98] [01:56.42]Where are you tonight now we need you [02:00.09] [02:01.09]Left out in the cold cold [02:05.50] [02:07.65]Where are you tonight now we need you [02:11.20] [02:11.88]They broke the hearts of coal [02:15.33]Hearts of coal [02:16.99] [02:41.56]Forty years of coal dust [02:44.69]Is a lot of pain to carry [02:47.29] [02:48.67]It made a cripple out of Harry [02:51.32] [02:52.44]But his family came and took up his tools [02:55.55] [02:56.13]And they faced the Orgreave cavalry [02:59.06] [02:59.90]While the world looked on and wondered [03:02.95] [03:03.93]Their right to work was plundered [03:06.74]By the statesman ship of fools [03:10.66] [03:11.81]Where are you tonight now we need you [03:15.41] [03:16.52]Left out in the cold cold [03:20.76] [03:22.80]Where are you tonight now we need you [03:27.08]They broke the hearts of coal [03:29.95] [03:30.65]Hearts of coal [03:32.68] [03:33.49]The enemy within they cried [03:36.49]And the boney finger pointed [03:39.26] [03:40.14]Dripping gold from the anointed [03:43.73] [03:44.47]At the beggar and her bowl [03:47.24] [03:47.76]And just like the Union said he would [03:51.13] [03:51.78]The axeman came in dancing [03:53.93] [03:55.38]His psychopathic prancing [03:58.12]Chopped out the hearts of coal [04:01.68] [04:02.99]Where are you tonight now we need you [04:06.62] [04:07.61]Left out in the cold cold [04:12.06] [04:13.84]Where are you tonight now we need you [04:18.07]They broke the hearts of coal [04:20.74] [04:21.52]Hearts of coal [04:23.45] [04:24.75]Where are you tonight now we need you [04:28.21] [04:29.34]Left out in the cold cold [04:33.37] [04:35.47]Where are you tonight now we need you [04:39.64]They broke the hearts of coal [04:42.34] [04:42.95]Hearts of coal [04:44.94] [05:34.94]He promised he would love her [05:36.87] [05:38.61]'Til the blackbirds stopped their singing [05:41.03] [05:42.71]The mission bells stopped ringing [05:45.62] [05:46.35]And they closed the coal pit down