Shakin' Stevens — Down in the Hole

Way back when copper was king Fortunes grew on the blood of my kin Digging deep and sacrificed They all paid a terrible price In black holes they slaved away Wearing crowns of candle and clay Suffering fire, and flood and pain All for the sake of another's man gain Living, and dying, barely surviving Down in the ground in the poisoned air Down where the mineral lords didn't care Down in the dark where they lost their soul Down, down, down in the hole Women and children barrowing ore Slaving up on the dressing floor Carrying the weight of a full grown man All to fill that Captain's plan In the mines they sweated and bled Barely earned their daily bread Dying young they had no life All they knew was hunger and strife Living, and dying, barely surviving Mines are closed, but you may see They've still left their legacy Hidden in the bracken round Shafts await to take you down Down in the ground in the poisoned air Down where nobody knows you're there Down in the dark where you'll lose your soul Down, down, down in the hole Down in the hole Way on down Down in the hole Down in the hole