[Verse 1] By Clydes bonnie banks as I sadly did wander Among the pit heaps as evening grew nigh I spied a young maiden all dressed in deep mourning A weeping and wailing with many a sigh I stepped up beside her and this I addressed her Pray, tell me fair maid of your trouble and pain. Sobbing and sighing at last she did answer Johnny Murphy, kind sir, was my true lovers name [Verse 2] Twentyone years of age full of youth and good looking To work down the mines of high Blantyre he came The wedding was fixed all the guests wre invited That calm summers vening my Johnny was slain The explosion was heard all the women and children With pale anxious faces made haste to the mine When the truth was made known the hills rang with their mourning Three hundred and ten young miners were slain [Verse 3] Now husbands and wives and sweethearts and brothers That Blantyre explosion theyll never forget And all you young miners who hear my sad story Shed a tear for the victims who were laid to their rest.
blantyre, explosion, mourning, slain, miner