The melody is actually by John Goss, Victorian composer. The melody is best know as a common setting for "See Amid the Winter Snow", but has also been used for the great Australian union song "Bring Out the Banners" by John Warner and, as you say, for Kay Sutcliffe's "Coal not Dole", which inspired Shelley to write these words.
written by Shelley Posen, the man in the gray jacket.
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