Note: Annie learned the song when she was 17 (she is 62 here) from a friend in Blantyre. She discusses her background, her 11 children – 10 married and four of whom work in mines – and mining.
About the session: Mining ballads and topical songs sung by Annie Cosgrove, Mary Cosgrove, and Bob Holland, interspersed with discussions of mining conditions and having relations down the pits.
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