A Miner Coming Home One Night
[From "More Rugby Songs" Sphere Books copyright Harry Morgan 1968. No information on any of the songs.
R. Matteson 2017]
A MINER COMING HOME ONE NIGHT
A miner coming home one night
Found his house without a light
So he went upstairs to bed
And then a thought entered his head
He went into his daughter's room
And found her hanging from a beam
He took a knife and cut her down
And in her hand this note he found:
"My love is for a bold marine
I always, always think of him
And though he's far across the sea
He never, never thinks of me
So all you maidens bear in mind
A good man's love is hard to find
Dig my grave both wide and deep
And rest my weary bones in sleep".
They dug her grave both wide and deep
And laid white lilies at her feet
On her breast a turtle-dove
To signify she died for love.