My Dad Was a Miner

My dad did and his dad before him did too I'm sure you're asking why did it stop at you Simple answer there isn't a pit here anymore Never will be again that's for certain and sure My dad always worked through the night Never in his working life did he see daylight Twelve hour shifts and then a meal and bed Making sure his kids were schooled and fed My dad was a tough man a hard working miner As a role model there was nobody finer How sad then he died with blood on his lung Taken too soon and was relatively young My dad I wonder what you'd make of our earth You've instilled hard work to me since my birth A McDonald's stands where the pit used to be Hardly a reminder to both my mother and me