Rab Amour is a songwriter and musician, working and playing semi-professionally
in Scotland.
His father was a mines rescue man, and he wrote a song for him, which he
performs regularly.
The song is a tribute to Rab's Dad, John Armour who worked at Coatbridge Mines Rescue station. Sadly John
died aged 45, in 1971.
John attended the Auchengeich disaster, and Rab is writing
a song about that, taking a different angle from Dick Gaugin's
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Mines Rescue Men.
Well he was born in the heart of coal mining land,
Where you go to pit face as soon as you can,
Watched his friends live, and then he watched some die
But many of them were saved, by the Mines Rescue Men
From to Coatbridge to Kintyre, to Dykehead and to Bedlay, the Mines Rescue Men, were ready and prepared
13 died in Ayrshire, but hundreds more were saved; by the skill and bravery of the Mines Rescue Men
Mines Rescue Men; the Mines Rescue Men, risking their lives to save their fellow men
Walk into danger, some never walking out, God I wish I was a Mines Rescue Man
Fighting through the poison gas, walls and timbers crashing down, hoping the explosion won't take them to their grave,
While the family are waiting, hoping for their dad, so come home safely with the Mines Rescue Men
Mines Rescue Men; the Mines Rescue Men, risking their lives to save their fellow men
Walk into danger, some never walking out, God I wish I was a Mines Rescue Man
The wheels have stopped turning, above those desolate lands,
Below lie many graves, unmarked and unknown,
And at rest with my mother lies a special man,
My father, the greatest Mines Rescue Man
Mines Rescue Men; the Mines Rescue Men, risking their lives to save their fellow men
Walk into danger, some never walking out, God I wish I was a Mines Rescue Man
Mines Rescue Men; the Mines Rescue Men, risking their lives to save their fellow men
Walk into danger, some never walking out..…………………………………………
God I wish I was a Mines Rescue Man
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