Pete Smith - Grimethorpe (feat. Pete Smith (Vocals, Acoustic Guitar), Nancy Kerr [Fiddle], Jess Arrowsmith [Fiddle], Manny Grimsley [Fiddle], James Fagin [Mandolin], Richard Arrowsmith [Melodeon], Joe Newman [Additional Brass]) Lyrics

You dug to survive like a mole underground
Risking your life just to keep the bills down
And what spare cash you made well you spent in this town
You were born and brought up in this place

There's a hole in the ground where the money came from
There's hole in this town now the old mine has gone
And the shop fronts are bordered from despair and fear
With no chance of work and no signs of the old winding gear

One man knew a decade before
That the mines would be dead along with king coal
So it's time to stand firm don't give into the dole
Remember your sons and your daughters

There's a hole in the ground where the money came from
There's hole in this town now the old mine has gone
And the shop fronts are bordered from despair and fear
With no chance of work and no signs of the old winding gear

So you fought like a dog to keep the old ways
For the nurses the workers and their rights to a say
But the times little change as back in old days
Betrayed by all trades and their leaders

There's a hole in the ground where the money came from
There's hole in this town now the old mine has gone
And the shop fronts are bordered from despair and fear
With no chance of work and no signs of the old winding gear

And the Grimethorpe' band played the miners' anthem
As a tribute to halcyon days
Sing follow the horses oh Johnny my laddie
And the miners were forced out to graze

There's a hole in the ground where the money came from
Remember your past and the things you have done
And don't ever forget your part in that year
And the name and the faces of those who shut the old winding gear

For there's no chance of work round here
And the miners were turned out to graze
Like pit ponies turned out to graze