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The Clog Dancer [7" B​-​side Version]

from The First Few Drops [1994 Reissue] by The Whisky Priests

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lyrics

THE CLOG DANCER

Now then marras what fettle
I hope I find you well
If you gather all around me now
My story I will tell
When I was young I used to be
A miner like yourselves
But now because my hair’s turned grey
They’ve put me on the shelf

For fifty years I’ve worked in the pit
And many’s the change I’ve seen
When I was young when a man was done
They’d set him on the screen
But now today when your hair turns grey
Like a squaddie with an old peg leg
They’ll tell you you’re no use anymore
Get out in the road and beg

My age it is just sixty-four
For work I’ve got no chance
They’ve barred me from the championships
My clogs for the belt to dance
They said that I was getting on
For work I was no use
They’ve paid me off and thrown me out
Get into the old workhouse

So listen all my young lads
Take heed of what I say
Get out of the pit if you’re young enough
To make good your own way
Because if you don’t and you stay below
You’ll wake to find one day
You’re all washed up and you get the push
Because your hair’s turned grey

(Trad. arr. The Whisky Priests)

credits

from The First Few Drops [1994 Reissue], released October 1, 1994
Gary Miller - lead vocal, acoustic guitar
Glenn Miller - accordion
Michael Stephenson - bass
Bill Bulmer - washboard
Sticks - drums
Helen Charlton - banjo
Catherine Topliss - fiddle

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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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