Noel McLoughlin - The Blantyre Explosion

Song of the album "20 Best Of Scotland" by the Irish singer Noel McLoughlin.

Tracklist:

01 - The Barnyards Of Delgaty
02 - Jock Stewart
03 - Mount And Go
04 - Dainty Davy
05 - Ye Jacobites By Name
06 - The Skye Boat Song
07 - The Bonnie Ship The Diamond
08 - Lizzie Lindsay
09 - Wild Mountain Thyme
10 - Rattlin' Roarin' Willie
11 - The Bonnie Lass O Fyvie
12 - Ye Banks And Braes
13 - McPherson's Lament
14 - Farewell To Tarwathie
15 - I'm A Rover
16 - Come By The Hills
17 - Nancy Whisky
18 - The Blantyre Explosion
19 - Tramps And Hawkers
20 - Mairi's Wedding

Lyrics:

By Clyde's Bonnie Banks as I sadly did wander
Among the pit heaps as evening drew nigh,
I spied a fair maiden all dressed in deep mourning
And weeping and wailing with many a sigh.
I stept up beside her and thus I addressed her,
"Pray tell me, fair maid, of your sorrow and pain."
Sobbing and sighing at last she 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 in the mines of high Blantyre he came.
The wedding was fixed, all the guests were invited,
That calm summer's evening my Johnny was slain.
The explosion was heard, all the women and children
With pale anxious faces they ran to the mine.
When the news was made known all the hills rang with mourning,
Three hundred and ten young miners were slain."

Now husbands and wives and sweethearts and brothers,
That Blantyre explosion you'll never forget.
And all you young miners who hear my sad story
Remember your comrades who lie at their rest.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Noel
• McLoughlin
• blantyre
• explosion
• scottish
• scotland
• music
• traditional