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Blackleg Miner

Blackleg Miner is a 19th-century English folk song, originally from Northumberland (as can be deduced from the dialect in the song and the references in it to the villages of Seghill and Seaton Delaval).



see also

Back in Line

“Blackleg Miner” is late nineteenth or early twentieth century union protest song the band first recorded for ‘’Hark! The Village Wait’’ (1970).

Hark! The Village Wait

On Back in Line they offered a new live version of "Blackleg Miner", and they offered a third variation on Present--The Very Best of Steeleye Span.