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Iron Rush

from Trappy Lad by Tony Morris

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Introduction to the Album. Spoken word.

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The Iron Rush

They came from the four corners of the Country,
Pilgrim’s of need, walkers weary of their journeys
To tented towns hard by the village pump.
They had heard of California, Texas
And to them, among those Cleveland Hills,
Eston was Klondike. Iron ? Gold?
What difference to the starving?
This was work and pay.

From the four corners of the Country
Those labourers and miners fought their way
Against hunger, storm and tempest.
They were betrayed, exploited
And in the end, thrown away,
Rubble on the pit heap,
Grassed over, never minded, lost.

Today, the subject of archaeology,
Grey, silent ghosts still walk among the hills,
Rosedale, Goathland, Beckhole, Grosmont, Eston.
Pilgrims of need, they left no sound
And, so, I, as bard and poet must sing the song
My great grandfather never sung
And tell their stories.

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from Trappy Lad, released October 29, 2014

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Tony Morris Whitby, UK

TONY MORRIS is an Own Brand Performer and Entertainer who performs his own songs and music.".
Currently running Covideo Folk Club Facebook Group.
About 200 rough and ready warts and all videos on his Facebook Profile Site, Be amazed.
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