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A Few Drops More (Demos & Rarities 1985​​​-​​​96)

by The Whisky Priests

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1.
Danny's Hard Life ['Twelve Go Mad In Durham' 1985] 02:33
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DANNY'S HARD LIFE Oh Danny drank his pints at the old Bridge pub He loved his beer and whisky He worked all day then spent his pay And he wandered the streets in misery "So take me down to my old town Where the beer is brown and fine Then lay me down on the cold hard ground And leave me there to die" "What a bloody hard life I've had" Poor Danny's life was sad What a bloody hard life he had The people drank and Danny paid He gave his money generously Danny drank and Danny sang He made the people heppy "So take me down to my old town Where the beer is brown and fine Then lay me down on the cold hard ground And leave me there to die" "What a bloody hard life I've had" Poor Danny's life was sad What a bloody hard life he had The nights grew cold as Danny grew old And the old tree was laid bare For Danny knew as the cold wind blew The people didn't care "So take me down to my old town Where the beer is brown and fine Then lay me down on the cold hard ground And leave me there to die" "What a bloody hard life I've had" Poor Danny's life was sad What a bloody hard life he had (Gary Miller)
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The Rising of the North [Fowlers Yard Demo 1986] 02:58
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THE RISING OF THE NORTH [Instrumental] (Gary Miller)
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The Coal​-​Digger's Grave [Fowlers Yard Demo 1986] 02:55
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THE COAL-DIGGER’S GRAVE There had just been a big cave-in in the depths of Belly Row And Jim Greenwood was stretched out on the ground And those with no guts were smiling at the back While the strong men had failed to bring him round The burial party had just reached the top of Dead Man's Hill It was well past closing time and all the men had drunk their fill They were starting to shovel the soil over his head When he jumped up and yelled, "Give us whisky!" The top men are calling for enquiries round the town They've got a lot of face to save And they've sent out appeals for the men to rally round "Will someone put a body in the coal-digger's grave?" Jim Greenwood had survived many pitfalls in his time And the thinkers couldn't think what else to do "We cannot starve your family and we cannot steal your home But somehow we're going to get you" And they sent him off to fight in the war And the bullets knocked him to the ground And they said, "That's the end of you my son" But the bugger he came back round (Gary Miller) Copyright © 1988 Gary Miller / Whippet Records
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Pride [1st Pigpen Demo 1987] 02:38
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The Colliery [1st (Unused) 7" Single Mix 1987] 03:07
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THE COLLIERY The pit where I worked was built in Eighteen-Ten And it's claimed the lives of many good men Like rats in a hole we crawled underground Digging for coal at the colliery I had long shifts to put in every day And I worked like a slave for a poor man's pay We hated our boss because he worked us hard For a pittance to keep our families And the curse of God was on our lives Though we prayed to Him for better times We learned to cry and we learned to die Down at the colliery I had a wife and six bairns to feed We paid the price of a rich man's greed I sweated and toiled in that unholy black hell Feeding the fires of Britain's industry And we found no joy in our toil As our lungs filled with dust and soot and soil We laughed and cried we prayed and died Down at the colliery Both servants and masters shared the land They abused our humanity but they used our hands And they would steal our brains to destroy our souls But we were put on God's earth to go below it for coal This land was built by men of steel But the fires are now dying in its industries The machines have rusted and the pit stands dead The men lie idle no more prayers are said And the curse of God was on our lives Though we prayed to Him for better times We learned to cry and we learned to die Down at the colliery (Gary Miller)
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Grandfatha's Fatha [2nd Pigpen Demo 1988] 03:16
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No Chance [2nd Pigpen Demo 1988] 03:31
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The Row Between The Cages [2nd Pigpen Demo 1988] 01:42
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9.
Ballad Of John Egan [Studio 64 Demo 1993] 03:15
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Three Rivers [Studio 64 Demo 1993] 04:57
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When The Wind Blows, Billy Boy [Studio 64 Demo 1993] 02:57
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Pitman Tom [Studio 64 Demo 1993] 03:44
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Bonnie Woodha' [Studio 64 Demo 1993] 03:47
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Manimal Farm [Studio 64 Demo 1993] 03:40
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Lead Them To Their Graves [Studio 64 Demo 1993] 03:35
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Land of the Dinosaur [Studio 64 Demo 1993] 03:28
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See The Whippet Run [Studio 64 Demo 1993] 02:42
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18.
Epitaph To A Working​-​Class Couple ['Bleeding Sketches' Outtake] 01:55
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19.
Ballad Of John Egan ['Bleeding Sketches' Outtake] 02:57
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20.
This Village [BBC Radio Newcastle 1995] 05:38
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21.
Workhorse [BBC Radio Newcastle 1995] 04:36
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Compilation of Demos & Rarities 1985-96.
Originally released as a limited edition CD of 500 numbered copies.

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released October 10, 1998

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Gary Miller first rose to international prominence with folk-punk/rock pioneers The Whisky Priests (1985-2002), founded with his twin brother Glenn - “the Joe Strummer and Mick Jones of Folk Music". He now performs as a solo artist and with his new band 'Gary Miller's Big Picture' whose debut album is coming soon. ... more

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