“It Takes”
“By Anthony of Glynderi Glanamman”
It takes good men to dig a pit
It takes young boys to shovel it quick
It takes strong ponies to shift the drams
Up the slopes that lay under-ground
It takes tough women to wash the coals
In cold mid winter snows, and watch they do not slip
When they push the slag up to the tip
It takes the brave to walk in a pit
With just a lit candle on a long stick
Look for gas that maybe there
In places with not much air
In that dark hole down below
Where they dig for more black coal
And even if the air is thin you maybe told to go back in
And find your tools that lay within
Yes it takes the brave to walk back in
And as you walk towards the shaft
You sometimes feel like having a laugh
When you hear the boss-man say
“Go back in lads it’s ok, and work another day
Dig more coal and earn you pay”
God bless them that’s all I say
“By Anthony of Glynderi Glanamman”
It takes good men to dig a pit
It takes young boys to shovel it quick
It takes strong ponies to shift the drams
Up the slopes that lay under-ground
It takes tough women to wash the coals
In cold mid winter snows, and watch they do not slip
When they push the slag up to the tip
It takes the brave to walk in a pit
With just a lit candle on a long stick
Look for gas that maybe there
In places with not much air
In that dark hole down below
Where they dig for more black coal
And even if the air is thin you maybe told to go back in
And find your tools that lay within
Yes it takes the brave to walk back in
And as you walk towards the shaft
You sometimes feel like having a laugh
When you hear the boss-man say
“Go back in lads it’s ok, and work another day
Dig more coal and earn you pay”
God bless them that’s all I say
