Dublin Gulch

Lyrics

The Orphan Girl 
 
In the darkness, we arrive to greet the Orphan Girl
Every morning before five where the headframes whirl
As we drop into the black for our children and our wives
We hear the cage bells ringing for the Orphan Girl
 
Now, daylight’s but a dream for the Orphan Girl
We are following the gleam of the silvers’ swirl
Set the charges, light the fuse and blast another seam
To keep the hammers swinging in the Orphan Girl
 
We toil around the clock with the Orphan Girl
We are bustin’ up the rock that we heave and hurl
Then we push it down the track and to the loading dock
To keep the smelter singing o’er the Orphan Girl
 
They come from all around to meet the Orphan Girl
To the chippy hoist, they’re bound down the shaft they’ll twirl
Where the air is always cool and the timbers stout and sound
And another heart is clinging to the Orphan Girl
 
If there’s a mine for us, it’s the Orphan Girl
Where the rattle and the fuss of the steam drill’s skirl
Takes us deeper down the hole, closer to the Devil’s dust
For the bounty we’ll be bringing from the Orphan Girl
 
In the darkness, we arrive to greet the Orphan Girl
Every morning before five where the headframes whirl
As we drop into the black for our children and our wives
We hear the cage bells ringing for the Orphan Girl
 
As we drop into the black for our children and our wives
We hear the cage bells ringing for the Orphan Girl