CHORUS : So here's to the memory of Tommy Armstrong He was the pitman poet, righting all life's wrongs In the words of his poems which are now folk songs Here's to the memory of Tommy Armstrong He was the pitman poet, recording life and times In the late eighteen hundreds in his verses and … Continue reading The Pitman Poet
Wilf Mitford
The Jarrow Marchers
by Wilf Mitford, 1986 On the fifth of October on a bright and sunny day Nineteen hundred and thirty-six, they set out on their way There were two boys and a woman, two hundred and seven men And a dog known as paddy, who left and returned again CHORUS : They were the Jarrow Marchers, … Continue reading The Jarrow Marchers
