Текст песни: The Anthracite Shuffle + перевод

There once was a man name Conor Shaw he like to do the anthracite shuffle

he’d get all the ladies crowding around always ends up in a scuffle

Old Conor marched right into town no mine boss could ever

pin him down he loved to do the anthracite shuffle

The men would gather where the fiddle played they knew Conor would come around

he’d come in with a pair of shiny shoes and lay his money down

he’d say we live like corpses during the day so tonight we’re

gonna dance our blues away doing the anthracite shuffle

Now my baby greets me with a smile

when I make my way back home

I say lay right down little darling

you’re gonna reap what I have sown

Now a man with a smile in a mining town is greeted with suspicion

Preacher rains abuse on our heads but we ain’t even listening

Old Conor Shaw rises from his pew says 'Father I bet

I could teach you too' how to do the anthracite shuffle

When the breaker boys started shuffling the superintendent couldn’t take no more

the mine police met in secret and they drew lots on the floor

Oh Conor lay sleeping in his bed and a peeler shot him

in the head all for doing the anthracite shuffle

If you listen hard at night

you can still hear the fiddle play

and Conor’s blood remains

on the floor board to this day

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