Mother I fear for the laddies There ain't much more coal to go down to There ain't much more soul to get round to Not anymore Mother I hear for the laddies Ain't much more soul to get round to Lessening of companies that are finding Things to bind to it anymore I'd hate to just realize why That company's getting so shy The bairns don't have get togethers 'Round here not anymore It's happening all over the city Talking 'bout going on down to The town where the money's just bound to Surely just ease the door They're telling their sisters of why Feelings that pass them close by All that they seek is what they're wanting to keep And it's glistening right there in their eyes Oh mother I fear for the laddies Father says no one goes down to The face of some mine no boy of mines Gonna be bound to anymore The future's a brave new awakening Have to no more go back down to Bowels of this earth that will take you Away from home and more Home home home Working in a coal mine