Jim Wearne Cornish American Singer-Songwriter
Why Did You Have to Die John Wearne?
Jim Wearne copyright 2014
Why did you have to die John Wearne
Were you tired of the joys and sorrows of men
Could you not face coming to grass again
Why did you have to die
Why did you go down to Levant
What’s down the mine that you would want
Now you’ll be there, the stope to haunt
Why did you go down to Levant
Why did you mine beneath the tide
Salt water tears the walls would cry
Do they cry for you since you did die
Why did you mine beneath the tide
You had a widow all forlorn
Three were the children she had born
Just like your body their lives are torn
You had a widow all forlorn
Your coat hangs there upon a nail
There in the dry among the hale
While down below you’re deathly pale
Your coat hangs there upon a nail
What good is it to mine the tin
When it places you in the fix you’re in
Would you go back now and choose again
What good is it to mine the tin
Why did the engine have to fail
Who will believe the captain’s tale
No one will spend a night in jail
Why did the engine have to fail
Yours is a name that all will pass
Carve-ed upon a plate of brass
For all their tears they can kiss your ass
Yours is a name that all will pass
The bal is knacked and gone the dry
All over now, the miners cry
Were you the last man there to die
The bal is knacked and gone the dry
Why did you have to die John Wearne
Were you tired of the joys and sorrows of men
Could you not face coming to grass again
Why did you have to die