Down Under, Mining - Dear Reader

David I never expected to see you

Face black with soot and a fire in your eyes

David I never intended to grieve you

Meant to disgrace you

Your face black with soot and your eyes

Mother my brother is dead in the gutter

Dead in the gutter, oh my baby brother

Mother my father is down in the ground

Down under mining

Fetching the white man his gold

Down under mining

Down under mining

Fetching the white man his gold

Down under mining

Down under mining

Fetching the white man his gold

Oh Town of Johannes your spell is upon us

Your spell and your lust

The dust chokes above and it chokes down below

But they from near and far come

I don’t know what they’re looking for

I don’t know what they’re looking for

Fetching the white man his gold

Down under mining

Down under mining

The dust chokes above and it chokes down below

Fetching the white man his gold

Down under mining

Down under mining

The dust chokes above and it chokes down below

Fetching the white man his gold

Down under mining

Down under mining

The dust chokes above and it chokes down below

Fetching the white man his gold