Misc Traditional - Laxey wheel song

^GWhen Laxey was a mining village ^Dmany years ago, ^DThere were 600 miners wo^Grking under Captain Rowe ^CBut The bottom of the mineshaft ^Gwas below the water line So ^Dthey had to build a wheel to pump th^Ge water from the mine.

^GAnd the Laxey Wheel keeps turning, turning, turning, In Lady Isabella's memor^Dy, ^CAnd while the water flows ^GThe Laxey Wheel still go^Emes ^AAnd the Laxey river r^Duns down to the sea^G.

^GFor three quarters of a century there were fortu^Dnes lost and found ^DAs miners dug the lead and zinc ^Gfrom underneath the ground, ^CThen came a great depres^Gsion in 1929 ^DAnd the miners drew their wages for ^Gthe last time at the mine.

^GAnd the Laxey Wheel keeps turning, turning, turning, In Lady Isabella's memor^Dy, ^CAnd while the water flows ^GThe Laxey Wheel still go^Emes ^AAnd the Laxey river r^Duns down to the sea^G.

^GIt's stood now for a 100 years t^Dhrough wind, snow, rain and drought, ^DAnd it will keep on turn^Ging till the sands of time run out, ^CAnd though the main mine buildin^Gg is no more than a shell ^DThe Wheel still stands majestic in t^Ghe shadow of Snaefell.

^GAnd the Laxey Wheel keeps turning, turning, turning, In Lady Isabella's memor^Dy, ^CAnd while the water flows ^GThe Laxey Wheel still go^Emes ^AAnd the Laxey river r^Duns down to the sea^G.