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The Big Hewer Album
by Peggy Seeger, Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker

2008
58:23
18 Tracks
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The Big Hewer Album Songs and Lyrics

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When you hew a lump of coal
by Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, Peggy Seeger

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Out of the dirt and darkness I was born
by Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, Peggy Seeger

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Schoolday's over; come on then, John
by Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, Peggy Seeger

2:33

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Now don't be late
by Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, Peggy Seeger

2:17

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You're at the pit bank
by Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, Peggy Seeger

2:40

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Oh dear, the experience to go down the pit
by Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, Peggy Seeger

5:55

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When I am down the pit
by Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, Peggy Seeger

1:54

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So now you know how coal is got
by Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, Peggy Seeger

3:26

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Jimmy, come back, come back
by Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, Peggy Seeger

2:25

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Yes... he was working next to me
by Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, Peggy Seeger

4:05

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And yet it's good to come from the pit
by Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, Peggy Seeger

1:34

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Three hundred years I hewed at the coal by hand
by Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, Peggy Seeger

2:48

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13
Down in the dark
by Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, Peggy Seeger

2:45

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14
In Durham and Northumberland, I'm sorry for to say
by Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, Peggy Seeger

2:41

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A miner has to possess that sense of humour
by Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, Peggy Seeger

3:21

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Coal is a thing that's cost life to get
by Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, Peggy Seeger

5:40

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Today, safety is the prime factor
by Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, Peggy Seeger

4:54

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Deep down in a man's heart
by Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker, Peggy Seeger

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