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