tscd804
tscd804 the big hewer

A radio-ballad about Britain's coal miners by Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker & Peggy Seeger

THE BIG HEWER VARIOUS ARTISTS TSCD804
1 When you hew a lump of coal... 1.21
2 Out of the dirt and darkness I was born... 3.46
3 Schoolday's over, come on then, John... 2.33
4 Now don't be late... 2.17
5 You're at the pit bank... 2.40
6 Oh dear, the experience to go down the pit... 5.55
7 When I am down in the pit... 1.54
8 So now you know the coal how it is got... 3.26
9 Jimmy, come back, come back... 2.25
10 Yes... he was working next to me.. 4.05
11 And yet it's good to come from the pit... 1.34
12 Three hundred years I hewed at the coal by hand... 2.48
13 Down in the dark... 2.44
14 In Durham and Northumberland, I'm sorry for to say... 2.41
15 A miner has to possess that sense of humour... 3.21
16 Coal is a thing that's cost life to get ... 5.40
17 Today, safety is the prime factor... 4.54
18 Deep down in a man's heart 4.18

Script, song lyrics and music: Ewan MacColl
Orchestration and musical direction: Peggy Seeger
Actuality recording: Ewan MacColl, Charles Parker and Peggy Seeger
Production: Charles Parker
Technical Direction: John Farrington

Singers: Isla Cameron, Ian Campbell, Joe Higgins, Louis Killen, A.L.Lloyd, Ewan MacColl

Instrumentalists:
Jim Bray double bass
Brian Daly guitar
Alf Edwards English concertina, harmonica, clarinet
Alfie Khan tin whistle
Peggy Seeger autoharp, guitar, mandolin, 5-string banjo