Misc Your Songs - Alan lazarus - the ballad of mickey brennen

^CDown in the Illawarra, and ^Amsouth of Sydney town Up^G7 in the Kembla village, the^F day-shift men whent^C down.

Young Mickey Brennan joined them on a^Am July winter day, Just^G7 fours days on the job, workin'^F for a wheelers^C pay.

All went good in the early half, his^Am horse was pullin' true, He^G7 stepped into the crib-room, to^F have a well-earned^C brew.

At two o'clock the gallery shook, and ^Amthen the roof fell in, And^G7 nineteen year old Mickey fell,^F ne'er to rise^C again.

Ninety six died on the day in^Am nineteen zero two, The^G7 explosion, smoke and fire, spared^F none 'cept a^C few.

Ninety five remains brought out, their^Am souls were given sleep. But^G7 Mickey Brennan wasn't found, he's^F layin' far too^C deep.

The Kembla mine went workin' on,^Am another three score years, But^G7 every miner goin' down could^F scarce conceal his^C fears.

For behind the bricked up portals, of the^Am old parts of the pit, In the^G7 quiet dark there faintlysounds a skip^F rail bein'^C hit.

'Tis said it's Mickey Brennan, trying to^Am find his way outside, To the^G7 Windy Gully graveyard, with his^F mates there to^C reside.

Some say that they have seen him, after the^Am sun sets in the west, Wan ^G7- derin' 'round MountMembla town to^F find a place to^C rest.

Wan ^G7- derin' 'round MountMembla town to^F find a place to^C rest.