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Silent Stands

Silent stands The winding gear The pithead sealed Five and twenty year Miners no longer toil With honest dignity Coal now comes On boats across the sea Silent stands The eerie monument To stubborn arrogance And bad judgement Rust abounds As far as you can see The mining gone for good That’s Scargill’s legacy

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010




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