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PROUD
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Take a look at that man's hardened face,
that spent many years in a dark, hard place,
that grafted and toiled in the earth's crust,
a nose you can see that is broken and bust,
it belongs to a man proud and tough,
that tackled a place unruly and rough.
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The thing that gives it all away,
that will last until his dying day,
up and down the country, wide and fair,
it's a mining medal, it's called the blue scar,
the only thing he's had for free,
from that hard and brutal industry.
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But it's not always the case,
that an accident had marked his face,
someone fancies a week in the sun,
the only thing is they've got no funds,
a stanley knife, with a new sharp blade,
on your face, a cut can be made.
Open up a cut as you grit your teeth,
then rub some dust in underneath,
get a friend to witness the act,
report it, and hide the true fact,
once its put in the accident book,
you'll have to see how it will look.
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Then you wait a week or two,
until the scar is nice and blue,
then you go and see the compensation sec,
ask for a form, he'll know what to get,
he'll ask no questions, just give you a wink,
he's seen it all before, whatever you think.
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Send it in then they'll give you a date,
to see a doctor he'll seal your fate,
a letter will be sent when a decision is made,
if you are successful, by cheque you'll be paid,
might be enough for a holiday in Spain,
if it is, might do it, next year again? !!
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Copyright Ralph Jones
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