Name: Where You Goin' When Ormonde Shuts?
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Description: My grandparents lived in one of the old terraced houses on Loscoe Road in Heanor and I have many memories of running down the hill to meet my grandad as he finished his shift at Ormonde Colliery (the old Loscoe colliery workings). He was a quiet man, but his coal-blackened face and filthy work clothes told a thousand stories. He was, of course, the greatest Loscoe miner.

Bill Kerry III - Where You Goin' When Ormonde Shuts?

from Singing The Seam by Various Artists

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My grandparents lived in one of the old terraced houses on Loscoe Road in Heanor and I have many memories of running down the hill to meet my grandad as he finished his shift at Ormonde Colliery (the old Loscoe colliery workings). He was a quiet man, but his coal-blackened face and filthy work clothes told a thousand stories. He was, of course, the greatest Loscoe miner.

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Where Ya Goin’ When Ormonde Shuts (Kerry/Watson)

Where ya gooin’ when Ormonde shuts?
Ay ya ‘aird yet where yu’ll goo?
I ant made mi mind up yet,
I ant even asked arh Flo’

Reckon I’ll goo ta Babbington
Or worrabarht Moorgreen
Them pits ant got long to goo
Yeah I know pal what ya mean

It dunt matter where ya gooin’
‘cos you’ll ay ta flit agen
Burrifya goo a long way arht
Then worra abarht arh Gwen?

I had a pal who went ta Calverton,
And he come arht all in biles
But cud they gerra doctor arht
There wont one fa bloody miles

Narh they’re stuck arht in country
Wi ‘is missus aullers sicknin’
She’s ‘arpin’ on abarht ‘er achin’ back
It’s from all that tatar pickin’

And the rate their gerrin’ coal arht narh
Them new pits not last forever
And if ya see it comin’ arht
It’s like a gret black dotteh river

Where ya gooin’ when Ormonde shuts
Well it’s no gud askin’ Flo
And it’s no gud askin’ gaffer
‘cos ee dunt bloody know

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from Singing The Seam, released July 2, 2019
Music: Roger Kerry, Words: Owen Watson.

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