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T:Trimdon Grange Explosion
B:Palmer, R,A Ballad History of England,BT Batsford Ltd, 1979
C:Thomas Armstrong, 1882
S:R Sewell, Newcastle, 1951
Z:A L Lloyd
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
Q:1/4=100     %Tempo
M:6/8     %Meter
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A |F2 F D E F |E D z =C2  D |E2 D D2 D | D2-D3
w:Lets not think a-bout to-mor-row, Lest we dis-ap-poin-ted be*
D |F2 A B2 B |A2 A (AB) c |d2 d A2 F | G2-G3
w: Our joys may turn to sor-row As_ we all may dai-ly see*
D |F2 A B2 B |A2 A (AB) c |d2 d A2 F | G2-G3
w:To-day we're strong and heal-thy But_ how soon there comes a change*
A |F F F D E F |E2 D =C2 D |E2 D D2 D | D2-D3 |]
w:As we may see from the ex-plo-sion That has been at Trim-don Grange*
W:Let's not think of tomorrow,
W:Lest we disappointed be;
W:Our joys may turn to sorrow,
W:As we all may daily see.
W:Today we're strong and healthy,
W:But how soon there comes a change.
W:As we may see from the explosion
W:That has been at Trimdon Grange.
W:
W:Men and boys left home that morning
W:For to earn their daily bread,
W:Little thought before the evening
W:They'd be numbered with the dead;
W:Let us think of Mrs Burnett,
W:Once had sons and now has none -
W:With the Trimdon Grange explosion,
W:Joseph, George and James are gone.
W:
W:February left behind it
W:What will never be forgot;
W:Weeping widows, helpless children
W:May be found in many a cot.
W:Little children kind and loving
W:From their homes each day would run;
W:For to meet their father's coming
W:As each hard day's work was done.
W:
W:Now they ask if father's left them,
W:And the mother hangs her head,
W:With a weeping widow's feelings,
W:Tells the child its father's dead.
W:Homes that once were blessed with comfort
W:Guided by a father's care
W:Now are solemn, sad and gloomy,
W:Since the father is not there.
W:
W:God protect each lonely widow,
W:Help to raise each drooping head;
W:Be a Father to the orphans,
W:Never let them cry for bread.
W:Death will pay us all a visit;
W:They have only gone before.
W:We may meet the Trimdon victims
W:Where explosions are no more.