| Seth Lakeman – Crimson Dawn Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| This one is pretty clear, the entire song is about a sea rescue. A ship containing over a hundred people need to be rescued from the sea. The "gunshot' at the beginning is the sound of the crash. Fair Charlotte is the Life Boat that carried the narrator and the other rescuers. The last person the narrator rescued was a beautiful woman who needed to be cut free. My impression is that the narrator may have fell in love with her but set her free both physically and metaphorically (ie, knew he couldn't have her} | |
| Seth Lakeman – The Colliers Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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This is a fairly straight-forward song. It is clearly a reference to the 1934 Gresford coal mine disaster http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gresford_disaster In fact, many of the lines were directly taken from a song that was written soon after the disaster. The Gresford Disaster (Lyrics: "Anonymous").... You've heard of the Gresford Disaster, Of the terrible price that was paid; Two hundred and sixty-four colliers were lost, And three men of the rescue brigade. It occurred in the month of September At three in the morning the pit Was racked by a violent explosion In the Dennis where gas lay so thick. Now the gas in the Dennis deep section Was packed there like snow in a drift, And many a man had to leave the coal-face Before he had worked out his shift. Now a fortnight before the explosion, To the shotfirer Tomlinson cried, "If you fire that shot we'll be all blown to hell!" And no one can say that he lied. Now the fireman's reports they are missing The records of forty-two days; The collier manager had them destroyed To cover his criminal ways. Down there in the dark they are lying. They died for nine shillings a day; They have worked out their shift and now they must lie In the darkness until Judgement Day. Now the Lord Mayor of London's collecting To help out the children and wives; The owners have sent some white lilies To pay for the poor colliers' lives. Farewell, all our dear wives and our children Farewell, all our comrades as well, Don't send your sons down the dark dreary mine They'll be doomed like the sinners in hell. |
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