Em
[Chorus]
D
Oh, it's in the evening, after dark
Em D
A blackleg miner goes to work
Em D
With his moleskin pants and a dirty shirt
Em D Em
There goes the blackleg miner
[Verse]
D
Oh, he takes his pick and down he goes
Em D
To hew the coal that lies below
Em D
There's not a woman in this town row
Em D Em
Would look at a blackleg miner
[Chorus]
D
Oh, it's in the evening, after dark
Em D
The blackleg miner goes to work
Em D
With his moleskin pants and a dirty shirt
Em D Em
There goes the blackleg miner
[Verse]
D
Ah, Deleval is a terrible place
Em D
They rub wet clay in a blackleg's face
Em D
'Round the pits they run a footrace
Em D Em
To catch the blackleg miner
[Verse]
D
Now don't go near the Seghill mine
Em D
Across the top they've stretched a line
Em D
To catch the throat and break the spine
Em D Em
Of the dirty blackleg miner
[Chorus]
D
Oh, it's in the evening, after dark
Em D
The blackleg miner goes to work
Em D
With his moleskin pants and his dirty shirt
Em D Em
There goes the blackleg miner
[Verse]
D
Now take this pick and duds as well
Em D
And hurl them down the pit of Hell
Em D
So off you go and fare you well
Em D Em
You dirty blackleg miner
[Verse]
D
Now join the union while you may
Em D
Don't wait to your dying day
Em D
That may not be so far away
Em D Em
You dirty blackleg miner
[Chorus]
D
Oh, it's in the evening, after dark
Em D
The blackleg miner goes to work
Em D
With his moleskin pants and his dirty shirt
Em D Em
There goes the blackleg miner
[Chorus]
D
Oh, it's in the evening, after dark
Em D
The blackleg miner goes to work
Em D
With his moleskin pants and his dirty shirt
Em D Em
There goes the blackleg miner
