Deep in the mine
Language: English
Deep in the mine's dense gloom profound, Far from the sun's bright ray And every cheerful sight and sound, I toil alone all day. Under the safety lamps' pale gleam A vision comes to cheer: I see as in a waking dream My wife and children dear! Deep, deep in the gloomy mine I have no thought of fear, For well I know that love divine To me is always near! Though soldiers may to battle go By hopes of glory led, The miner fights no earthly foe To win his children bread. Firedamp is the cry that brings Terror to the miner brave, As through the dark it rings, And turns it to a grave. Deep, deep in the gloomy mine I have no thought of fear, For well I know that love divine To me is always near!
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by William Herbert Jude (1852 - 1922), "Deep in the mine" [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann
This text was added to the website: 2008-09-15
Line count: 24
Word count: 140