No. 2 Colliery

My name is Arthur, I live in Springhill I do my workin' underground I got a wife and I got a brother I know they're messin' around I know they're messin' around I've been crawlin' down number 2 Colliery for thirteen years now in July I catch my first breath in the evening and I get home before the light I'm asleep before the light My brother Davey he works the day shift He's got a house across the road My wife Annie she stands in the window to see me off and see him home to see me off and see him home We saved our money to buy a small place We've got a baby coming home But I went to the racetrack in Port Elgin We had some money now it's gone I had some money now it's gone It's all gone Yesterday the walls they fell in and I ain't comin' out alive The more I'm thinkin' I ain't seen daylight Since 1945 Since 1945 You tell Davey I noticed Annie she's been carryin' down low You tell that young boy nothing of his daddy and you raise him as your own Yeah you raise him as your own You tell my Annie I ain't angry and whatever fate she may allow She'll see for certain that I'm the last of us to take a breath down underground to take a breath down underground --- No. 2 Colliery - Adam Baldwin