GOD'S BUS ROUTE

    GOD'S BUS ROUTE                   TIM WILLIAMS              MAY 2015

( A CONVERSATION BETWEEN AN ENGLISH TOURIST AND A WELSH EX MINER )

( ENGLISH TOURIST )

THIS MUST BE GOD'S BUS ROUTE
I HAVE TO SAY,
IS IT TRUE THAT MINERS WALKED THIS WAY,
WAS IT ONCE ALL BLACK AND DARK,
AND THE COAL TIP LEFT IT'S DUSTY MARK,
THAT WORKERS DIED TO GIVE US COAL,
TO HEAT OUR HOMES OUR HEARTS THE SOULS
OF ALL US OTHERS IN THE FOLD

WHERE HAVE THEY GONE
THOSE MINING DAY'S,
WHERE HAVE THEY GONE
THE PACKETS OF PAY,
WHERE HAVE THEY GONE 
THOSE SHAFTS AND TRAMS,
WHERE HAVE THEY GONE
IT'S NOW GREEN LAND

( WELSH EX MINER )

THEY HID THE PAYPACKETS
DOWN THE DOLE,
WHEN THEY TOOK AWAY 
OUR JOBS IN COAL,
THEY MELTED DOWN 
THE METAL DRAMS,
AND TURNED THEM INTO BABIES PRAMS,
AND AS FOR ALL THE SLAG HEAPS SEE
THEY TOPPED THEM OFF WITH GRASS AND TREE'S

MMM ! IT LOOKS LOVELY
BUT THERE IS NO WORK AT ALL
THE VALLEY DIED WHEN THATCHER CALLED

( ENGLISH TOURIST )

PITY... IT LOOKS RATHER PLEASANT THOUGH