Coals To Newcastle lyrics

Mother she was a school cook Father he drove a pick-up truck This country, it made my family The Tories they made redundancy They gave us poor clothes for bad weather Never thought we'd see the like again ever Like taking coal Like taking coal to Newcastle. Let's go back many years from now Back to the year of 1844 As the Redskins say the miners are getting organised Same story worker against worker They gave us poor clothes for bad weather Never thought we'd see the like again aver Like taking coal Like taking coal to Newcastle