WE WERE CHATTING ON THE OTHER DAY ABOUT TIMES LONG AGO,
LIKE GETTING CAUGHT SHORT IN THE NIGHT AND GRAFFLING FOR YOUR PO,
HAVING TO CLEAN THE FIRE OUT BEFORE YOU WHET TO WORK,
WE COULDN'T PAY THE 'LECTRIC SO WE SAT THERE IN THE DARK
IN THE ADD DAYS WE WERE HAPPIER,
THE AAD DAYS WERE THE BEST,
NOW BECAUSE OF GLOBAL WARMING,
NO ONE NEEDS TO WEAR A VEST.
EATING SUGAR SANDWICHES WITH TIZER AT THE COAST,
STANDING BY AND OPEN FIRE AND FORKING UP YOUR TOAST,
STOTTY CAKES AND FADGE, SINGING HINNIES AND STRONG TEA,
THEN IT'S OFF TO FEED THE PIGEONS WITH MY FATHER DOWN THE CREE.
IN THE ADD DAYS WE WERE HAPPIER,
THE AAD DAYS WERE THE BEST,
NOW BECAUSE OF GLOBAL WARMING,
NO ONE NEEDS TO WEAR A VEST.
THAT COAL FIRE AND MY MOTHER, THEY OFTEN HAD A FIGHT,
THE POKER IN HER LEFT HAND AND THE BLEEZER IN HER RIGHT,
SHE SPEADS THE CHRINICLE OVER IT, SHE’S READING OUT THE NAMES,
OF THE BIRTHS AND DEATHS AND MARRIAGES AND THEN IT BURSTS IN FLAMES.
IN THE ADD DAYS WE WERE HAPPIER,
THE AAD DAYS WERE THE BEST,
NOW BECAUSE OF GLOBAL WARMING,
NO ONE NEEDS TO WEAR A VEST.
DOWN AT ST.MARY'S LIGHTHOUSE PICKING WILLICKS OFF THE ROCKS,
WAITING 'TIL YOUR MOTHER DARNED THE HOLES IN YOUR WOOL SOCKS,
WATCHING AS THE TANKIE ENGINE SHUNTED SETS OF STRUCKS,
THEN IT'S DOWN THE BURN WITH 'GATTIES' FIRING PENKERS AT THE DUCKS.
IN THE ADD DAYS WE WERE HAPPIER,
THE AAD DAYS WERE THE BEST,
NOW BECAUSE OF GLOBAL WARMING,
NO ONE NEEDS TO WEAR A VEST.
IT WASN'T 'TIL THEY CLOSE THE PITS THAT I SAW GROWN MEN CRY,
WHEN THEY SAID THERE WAS NO COAL LEFT, WE KNEW IT WAS A LIE,
FIRST TIME IN GENERATIONS NO ONE WENT BACK DOWN THAT HOLE,
SOME TOOK THE EASY WAY OUT, AND THE OTHERS TOOK THE DOLE.
IN THE ADD DAYS WE WERE HAPPIER,
THE AAD DAYS WERE THE BEST,
NOW BECAUSE OF GLOBAL WARMING,
NO ONE NEEDS TO WEAR A VEST.
MY GRANDA SAID THE TORIES WANTED PITMEN TO PAY DEAR,
FOR STANDING UP IN '26 AND SHOWING THEM NO FEAR,
THEM BUGGERS TRIED TO CRIPPLE US, THEY'RE SURE TO TRY AGAIN (HE SAYS,)
SO IN THE EARLY SIXTIES THEY PUT PAIS TO WORKING MEN.
IN THE ADD DAYS WE WERE HAPPIER,
THE AAD DAYS WERE THE BEST,
NOW BECAUSE OF GLOBAL WARMING,
NO ONE NEEDS TO WEAR A VEST.