Let me tell a story for I really can't ignore
The happening in Leicestershire in 1984
Two thousand and five hundred walked across that picket line
But a tiny band of miners would not go into the mine
They were called the Dirty Thirty
So they wore that name with pride
As the only striking miners
They stood against the tide
And if you call them heroes
They would surely disagree
But the Dirty Thirty and their kin
are all heroes to me.
The railwaymen at Coalville they backed the miners too
And when a coal train came along They would not let it through
And the women they were mighty maybe mightier than the men
They suffered so much hardship but they'd do it all again
They were called the Dirty Thirty
So they wore that name with pride
As the only striking miners
They stood against the tide
And if you call them heroes
They would surely disagree
But the Dirty Thirty and their kin
are all heroes to me.
So here's to Malcolm Pinnegar – or “Benny” to his friends
Who led the Dirty Thirty Till the strike came to an end
And here's to all the other lads So principled and true
And those who stood beside them Like a worker's mean to do
They were called the Dirty Thirty
So they wore that name with pride
As the only striking miners
They stood against the tide
And if you call them heroes
They would surely disagree
But the Dirty Thirty and their kin
are all heroes to me.
They were called the Dirty Thirty
So they wore that name with pride
As the only striking miners
They stood against the tide
And if you call them heroes
They would surely disagree
But the Dirty Thirty and their kin
are all heroes to me.
Yes, the Dirty Thirty and their kin
are all heroes to me.
The happening in Leicestershire in 1984
Two thousand and five hundred walked across that picket line
But a tiny band of miners would not go into the mine
They were called the Dirty Thirty
So they wore that name with pride
As the only striking miners
They stood against the tide
And if you call them heroes
They would surely disagree
But the Dirty Thirty and their kin
are all heroes to me.
The railwaymen at Coalville they backed the miners too
And when a coal train came along They would not let it through
And the women they were mighty maybe mightier than the men
They suffered so much hardship but they'd do it all again
They were called the Dirty Thirty
So they wore that name with pride
As the only striking miners
They stood against the tide
And if you call them heroes
They would surely disagree
But the Dirty Thirty and their kin
are all heroes to me.
So here's to Malcolm Pinnegar – or “Benny” to his friends
Who led the Dirty Thirty Till the strike came to an end
And here's to all the other lads So principled and true
And those who stood beside them Like a worker's mean to do
They were called the Dirty Thirty
So they wore that name with pride
As the only striking miners
They stood against the tide
And if you call them heroes
They would surely disagree
But the Dirty Thirty and their kin
are all heroes to me.
They were called the Dirty Thirty
So they wore that name with pride
As the only striking miners
They stood against the tide
And if you call them heroes
They would surely disagree
But the Dirty Thirty and their kin
are all heroes to me.
Yes, the Dirty Thirty and their kin
are all heroes to me.
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