about a boast by Lady Beaumont of Bretton Hall, Wakefield relating to Silver found in Weardale Lead Mines.
lyrics
LADY BEAUMONT’S BOAST
Lady Beaumont, laughing, said,
To her friends at tea,
“I’ll tell you a tale
Of a silver river, a silver river,
A silver river from a Weardale mine
Flowing through the room where we all dine.
There are funny little men,
In funny little hats
Burrowing underground,
Hammering and banging with a will
And many an explosive sound.
They work with candles on their caps
To give them a little light
And when they surface from the mine
They are a very strange sight.
Lady Beaumont, laughing, said,
To her friends at tea, “I’ll tell you a tale
Of a silver river, a silver river,
A silver river from a Weardale mine
Flowing through the room where we all dine.
Lady Beaumont, do you know, do you know.
Lady Beaumont, do you know, do you know.
Along the addit, up the drift,
Down the sump,
Sweating men get every lump,
With pick and shovel.
Mel and jumper.
Pricker and powder,
And, shattering,
Louder,
Explosion down the mine.
Lady Beaumont, do you know, do you know.
Lady Beaumont, do you know, do you know.
Lady Beaumont, laughing, said,
To her friends at tea, “I’ll tell you a tale
Of a silver river, a silver river,
A silver river from a Weardale mine
Flowing through the room where we all dine.
These men, they want to look for lead
Beneath my Husband’s land.
They pay him for the privilege,
A bargain that is grand.
Sometimes, among the lead they seek,
Some silver ore is found,
And then it comes to me,
Another silver teapot
For my cup of tea.
Lady Beaumont, laughing, said,
To her friends at tea, “I’ll tell you a tale
Of a silver river, a silver river,
A silver river from a Weardale mine
Flowing through the room where we all dine.
Lady Beaumont, do you know, do you know.
Lady Beaumont, do you know, do you know.
There’s a lot of men, a lot of boys,
A lot of toil with very few joys,
A lot of dirt and much disease,
A short life with little ease,
In frost and snow the washer children shiver
To source the Silver River,
To fill that Silver River.
Lady Beaumont, do you know, do you know.
Lady Beaumont, do you know, do you know.
Lady Beaumont, laughing, said,
To her friends at tea, “That’s the tale
Of a silver river, a silver river,
A silver river from a Weardale mine
Flowing through the room where we all dine.
Lady Beaumont, do you know, do you know.
(Repeat and fade)
credits
from SINGING THE LEAD,
released October 20, 2014
Written and sung by Tony Morris
TONY MORRIS is an Own Brand Performer and Entertainer who performs his own songs and music.".
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