The Blantyre Explosion

Lyrics

By Clyde's bonny banks As I sadly did wander Among the coal slag heaps As evening drew nigh I spied a fair maiden A-weeping and wailing Weeping and wailing With many a sigh I stepped up beside her And thus I addressed her: "Pray tell me fair maid Of your trouble and pain" Sobbing and sighing She sadly did answer: "Johnny Murphy, kind sir Was my true lover's name" Twenty-one years of age Full of youth and good looking To work down the mines To High Blantyre he came The wedding was fixed All the guests were invited That calm summеrs evening Young Johnny was slain The еxplosion was heard All the women and children With pale anxious faces They haste to the mine When the news was made known The hills rang with their moaning Three-hundred-and-ten Young miners were killed Now husbands and wives And sweethearts and brothers That Blantyre explosion They'll never forget And all you young miners That hear my sad story Shed a tear for the victims Who are laid to their rest