Blackleg Miner

Dave Mattacks double back beat on the bass drum are super great! excellent!!!

best version i can find, this song is about Cornish strike breakers being murdered and thrown down the old pit shaft at seaton delaval, during the 1884 strike in seghill, delaval, cramlington which was a bitter fight that led to the riot act being read out in front of the hastings arms (seaton delaval) the miners eventually returned to work, starved,for less pay and more hours, the local Methodist chapel preyed for the death of the scabs in the chapel, and held night meetings in the fields ,

AOK; Just did a "refresh", and it came up with on artist at all, just the name of the song. --- hmm-- strange things;---

immigrants could be classed as blackleg workers in certain circumstances.... they have driven down the wage of working men, they do work in conditions we would not , and work for pay we would not work for.
they are being used and abused by the labour goverment.

spot on

Now this is good music.

Maddy Pryor's harmonising on the line 'Don't Wait till your dying day' is absolutely brilliant.

mr eliot talks a lot of crap

Who is Mr Eliot?

Greta song,great performance...Still English as
Only Northerners are...Lovely banjo,too.