[Verse 1]
It's in the evening after dark
When the blackleg miner creeps to work
With his moleskin pants and dirty shirt
There goes the blackleg miner

[Verse 2]
Well he grabs his duds and down he goes
To hew the coal that lies below
There's not a woman in this town row
Will look at the blackleg miner

[Verse 3]
Oh Delaval is a terrible place
They rub wet clay in the blackleg's face
And around the heaps they run a foot race
To catch the blackleg miner

[Verse 4]
And divvnt gan near the Seghill mine
Across the way they stretch a line
To catch the throat and break the spine
Of the dirty blackleg miner

[Verse 5]
They grab his duds and his picks as well
They hoy him down to the pit of hell
Down you go and fare ye well
You dirty blackleg miner
[Verse 1]
It's in the evening after dark
When the blackleg miner creeps to work
With his moleskin pants and dirty shirt
There goes the blackleg miner

[Verse 6]
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