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1. The Rustic Miner (continued)

   

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   Im at my work with all my might
   In search of the glittering shiner
   Oh where's the man who's more upright
   Than the hardy rustic miner.

   Then who would starve and pine and rot
   Within a murky city
   While on those hills there's many a spot
   Where gold abounds. Oh what pity
   Those lazy growling crawling elves
   Known to all men as whiners
   Would not step out and help themselves
   And work as honest miners

   He care's not for the tyrant whelp.
   To treachery he's a stranger
   His friends and foes alike he'll help
   When either are in danger.
   He trusts in God, in Him alone
   He sees the great assigner
   Tho' every hope on earth be gone,
   God loves the rustic miner."

   Written at Placerville, Granet Creek, Idaho, by Jeremiah Mc Carthy, Ardra, Bantry.

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. poetry
         1. folk poetry (~9,504)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mrs E. Cotter

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   78

   Address

   Derrynafinchin, Co. Cork