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19. Coal not Dole, High Part

19 Coal Not Dole Poem by Kay Sutcliffe, 1984. Music by Natasha Rose Douglas. To download the PDF Songbook and audio files, please go to: https://www.natasharosedouglas.com Kay’s husband lost his mining job in 1984. The title of Kay’s poem was taken from a political slogan of the time: Coal Not Dole. Chumbawamba sang Coal Not Dole in 2003 on their CD English Rebel Songs 1381-1984. They noted: Coal Not Dole, written by Kay Sutcliffe, is one of the most moving testaments of the Miners' Strike of 1984-5. Under attack from a government determined to end the power of the unions, the mining communities fought with a spirit in keeping with a proud tradition—a tradition of strikes, pickets and marches, for better pay and improved working conditions. In 1984 the miners were fighting for their jobs, and the strike became a landmark in English political history.17 17 https://mainlynorfolk.info/watersons/... Coal Not Dole It stands so proud, the wheels so still A ghost-like figure on the hill It seems so strange there is no sound Now there are no men underground What will become of this pit yard Where men once trampled faces hard So tired and weary their shift done Never having seen the sun Will it become a sacred ground? Foreign tourists gazing round Asking if men once worked here Way beneath this pit head gear Empty trucks once filled with coal Lined up like men on the dole Will they ever be used again Or left for scrap just like the men? They’ll never realise the hurt They cause to men they treat like dirt #coal #folksong #folk #choir #coalmining