song to the open hearth

song to the open hearth

(Sung to the tune of Matty Groves, Fairport Convention)

Chorus

D (hammer 3rd str, 2nd fret)

Oh tis true, ‘tis true from Coatesville town I be

A

As true as true believe

Am C

You’ll never see me bended knee

Em A D

As long as I can breath

I am the town of iron and steel

And where the water flows

Until they closed our livelihood

And then our river froze.

Chorus

Come work with me my brother bold

Come feel the open hearth

As she pours forth her melting gold

From her hot tempered mouth.

Chorus

There we broke the mason’s brick

And swallowed caked hard lime

So hot our boots as if set aflame

The ladle turned us out in time.

Chorus

Oh go back, go back in, you hardy boys

for you’ll never be a man

Until a drip of sparking steel

Tickles your sweaty back.

Chorus