We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

The Blackleg Miner

from The Cook​-​up & Knock by SHOTGUN MARMALADE

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £1 GBP  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Ten banging tracks (to my mind anyway - Ha Ha!!)) in the indie-punk-ska-folk-rock stylee (have I left anything out??) that should have seen the light of day this time last year but for . . . world plague, drummers leaving, arsing around etc. Recorded and finished in my own wasteland workshop (The Mended Drum) Some older songs, some new, some re-invented but all originals by Sid (except ‘The Blackleg Miner’ which is traditional but arranged by yours truly) Features bass work by superbloke Ryan Peters. Artwork by Arju.

    Includes unlimited streaming of The Cook-up & Knock via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 14 days

      £8 GBP or more 

     

  • Full Digital Discography

    6
    releases

    Get all 6 SHOTGUN MARMALADE releases available on Bandcamp and save 35%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Xmas by the Bins, Punkoustic #1 Rip it up!, Shotgun Marmalade -Taster Tracks, The Cook-up & Knock, Blackeyeblue, and Hopeless Row. , and , .

    Purchasable with gift card

      £13 GBP or more (35% OFF)

     

lyrics

The Blackleg Miner

It's in the evening, after dark
The blackleg miner gangs to work
In his moleskin pants and dirty shirt
There goes the blackleg miner

He takes his pick and down he goes
To hew the coal that lies below
There's not a woman in this town row
Would go with a blackleg miner

So join the union while you may
Don't wait till your dying day
For that may not be far away
You dirty blackleg miner

For Deleval is a terrible place
They rub wet clay in the blackleg's face
Around the pits they run a foot race
To catch the blackleg miner

And don't go near the Seghill mine
Across the road they've stretched a line
To catch the throat and break the spine
Of the dirty blackleg miner

Well they take his pick and duds as well
And they hoy them down the pit of Hell
So there you go and fare thee well
You dirty blackleg miner

credits

from The Cook​-​up & Knock, released June 25, 2021

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

SHOTGUN MARMALADE image

SHOTGUN MARMALADE Kingswinford, UK

SHOTGUN MARMALADE: High-energy, rhythmic, dark pop-punk songs payed either as a power trio or solo on an acoustic guitar with plenty of clicks, chops and skanks. Lyrics are humorous, ebullient, ironic and often cryptic, dealing with the darker side of life, usually with foot-stomping accompaniment and an opportunity to ska-pogo for those who so wish. We don't take ourselves too seriously!!. ... more

contact / help

Contact SHOTGUN MARMALADE

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like SHOTGUN MARMALADE, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featured guests are the golden-voiced Baby Rose and psyche soulsters Brainstory.
listen now