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Walk My Boots Clean

from Tunnellers by Nancy Kerr

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The tunneller introduces himself, his work, his brothers in the trade and some of the towns they call home - from Donegal to Eastern Europe.

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I’ll walk my boots clean someday
Sure as a pool in a valley of clay
I’ll walk my boots clean someday

My brothers they are all underground
We shovel and fill ‘til we come to the crown
From the river to the sea
St Johnston wait for me
I’ll walk my boots clean someday

I’ll walk my boots clean someday
Sure as a pool in a valley of clay
I’ll walk my boots clean someday

I laid the ground for the new Jubilee
The Mersey and Thames owe their soundness to me
From the river to the sea
Botallack wait for me
I’ll walk my boots clean someday

I’ll walk my boots clean someday
Sure as a pool in a valley of clay
I’ll walk my boots clean someday

I’ve blasted for rails and canals
Cheek with the pit boss and craic with me pals
From the river to the sea
Buncrana wait for me
I’ll walk my boots clean someday

Our girls of the great TBM
Strata or sleech, they mean nothing to them
From the river to the sea
Sweet Rhondda wait for me
I’ll walk my boots clean someday

I’ll walk my boots clean someday
Sure as a pool in a valley of clay
I’ll walk my boots clean someday

I’ve witnessed the fall of the face
When you labour in fear for the lives of your mates
From the river to the sea
Oh Trimdon wait for me
I’ll walk my boots clean someday

I’ll walk my boots clean someday
Sure as a pool in a valley of clay
I’ll walk my boots clean someday

Soon this shift will be done
I’ll lie with my lass and I’ll stand in the sun
From the river to the sea
Gdynia wait for me
I’ll walk my boots clean someday

For our crew, we’re the pick of the crowd
We are strong, we are bold, we are wild, we are proud
And from Brno to Bray, to the Wild Atlantic Way
We’ll walk our boots clean someday

I’ll walk my boots clean someday
Sure as a pool in a valley of clay
I’ll walk my boots clean someday

Words and music © Nancy Kerr 2021

credits

from Tunnellers, released April 15, 2021
Nancy Kerr: Voice, Guitar, Violin
James Fagan: Voice, Guitar, Bouzouki, Mandolin
Tom A Wright: Drums, Bass, Voice

Engineered and produced by Tom A Wright at Powered Flight Music, Sheffield

Photography: James Fagan

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Nancy Kerr Sheffield, UK

Folk Singer of the Year BBC Folk Awards 2015

"Outstanding chamber folk" (The Guardian) "Folk's Poet Laureate" (FRUK) "One of the UK’s foremost composers of modern folk and social commentary songs” (Royal Shakespeare Company).

Photo credits: James Fagan, Elly Lucas
Album design: Lizzy Doe ... more

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