Song Description

Growin` up in the coal townes of auld Scotland.

Lyrics

Sea Field Coal
Words & Music by Willie McCulloch, (c), 2002

Verse 1
I'd wake up every morning`, with a chill upon my nose,
Mother in the scullery, with porridge on the stove...
We lived in little houses, all standing in a line,
And me and my auld father, went working doon the mine...

Chorus
Fer Sea Field Coal, Sea Field Coal,
Gets underneath yer fingernails, and burns intae yer soul,
Sea Field Coal, Sea Field Coal, I'll always be a collier lad...
Fer Sea Field Coal

Verse 2
I always will remember, when I was six years old,
Hangin` from my fathers leg, shakin` from the cold...
There it stood before us, a hole an` a big black wheel,
We'd all stand in this little cage, an` go doon tae see the deal...

Chorus
Fer Sea Field Coal, Sea Field Coal
Gets underneath yer fingernails, and burns intae yer soul,
Sea Field Coal, Sea Field Coal, I'll always be a collier lad...
Fer Sea Field Coal

Bridge
Doon in the darkness, the miner's eyes shone bright...
An` all the poor paid ponies, that never saw the light...

Verse 3
Now times are always changin`, and the mines are nearly gone,
All that's left are photographs, to show my youngest son...
They faces of the miners, and the stories in their eyes,
Of a miners life and families, an` how some men did die...

Chorus
Fer Sea Field Coal, Sea Field Coal
Gets underneath yer fingernails, and burns intae yer soul,
Sea Field Coal, Sea Field Coal, I'll always be a collier lad...
Fer Sea Field Coal