Mother I fear for the laddies   There ain't much more coal to go down to   There ain't much more soul   To get round to   Not anymore      Mother I hear for the laddies   Ain't much more soul to get round to   Lessening of companies that are finding   Things to bind to it anymore      I'd hate to just realise why   That company's getting so shy   The bairns don't have get-togethers   Round here not anymore      Mother I hear for the laddies   Talking 'bout going on down to   The town where the money's just bound to   Surely just ease the door      It's happening all over the city   There ain't much more doubt   To get down to   Lessening of reasons   That can send you   Back down for more      They're telling their sisters of why   Feelings that pass them close by   All that they seek   Is what they're wanting to keep   And it's glistening right there in their eyes      So mother I fear for the laddies   Father says no one goes down to   The face of some mine no boy of mine's   Gonna be bound to, anymore      The future, a brave new awakening   Have to no more go back down to   The bowels of this earth that will take you   Away from home and more