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A Miner Died Today

from Autumn Song by Roy Smiles

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Written & performed by Roy Smiles. Guitar by David Mayberry. Keyboards & produced by Simon Walker, at Loophole Studios, Brighton.

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A Miner Died Today

There’s no cortege, no sobbing hordes
No princes pass clutching at swords
No heads will bow in the House of Lords
A miner died today.

There’s no salutes from muffled guns
No guardsmen march, no sound of drums
No choirs sing of kingdom come
A miner died today.

Chorus
And my mind is filled with anger
And my heart is filled with rage
That working men die underground in this day & age
And my mind is filled with anger
And my heart is filled with rage
That working men die underground in this day & age.


No flags will fly at half mast
No cavalry will slowly pass
No bronze statues will be cast
A miner died today.

A brother, father, friend & a son
Who’ll never again see the sun
Another disaster but nothing is done
A miner died today.

Chorus

And I wonder if any give a damn
As I think of the klds of Aberfan
Murder’s illegal but the coal-board can
A miner died today.

(Instrumental)

Chorus

So Swansea bells begin your toll
Tell the world of the price of coal
And the bloody cost to a dead man’s soul
A miner died today.

And let the tolling of the mournful bells
Ring for the men who work in hell
May they stay safe and live to tell:
A miner died today.

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from Autumn Song, released June 2, 2015

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Roy Smiles London, UK

Roy Smiles has recorded ten albums:
'Drunks & Dreamers' (2011), 'Time's Moving On' (2012),'Seize The Day' (2013), 'Autumn Song' (2014), 'Bremen' (2014), 'The Trains & The Rain' (2015), 'Northern Angels'.(2018), 'Lost Souls' (2020), 'November's Child' (2023) & 'Tales Of The Ocean' (2023).
All available on Bandcamp.
Contact: roy.smiles@aol.co.uk.
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