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Welsh Miner:

He went down at six at the start of his shift
His face and lungs were black.
He spoke no English for in his valley nothing but Welsh
As he sung an old hymn others joined in voices to God in song
A few more hours and home he would be back to his Bronwyn and her good roastbeef
His children gathered around as he softly said a prayer
The Welsh Miner looked at them as a tear filled his eye
He didn't want them to live a miner's life
Nothing but sorrow and strife.

By a Welsh American
David Llewellyn Morgan
Western Pennsylvania U.S.A