TRUNCHEON FOR LUNCHEON
I heard 'King Arthur' on the 'mike'
In a place that they called Orgreave
Fronting Miners out on strike
Urging them all to 'Believe'
He told them it was "Coal not Dole"
Said Thatcher was a clown
And every Miner has a role
To take the Tories down
From Notts. and Derby and the Met
Cleveland, Avon and Somerset
After their luncheons
Drew their truncheons
On a day they'll all regret
There were rows of angry miners there
All ready for a confrontation
Most were acting like vaginas' there
In front of the whole nation
The Miners there were all united
All together, strength and might
Scargill's sound bites all been cited
They were ready for the fight
From Notts. and Derby and the Met
Cleveland, Avon and Somerset
Those Police Forces
With their horses
Upon the angry Miners set
It was the day coal mining died a death
Their National Union breaking
It was the day all Britain held its breath
And it left Trade Unions shaking
No more will lads go down the pit
Like their forefathers before them
And trust the Police, well that was it
That Orgreave day destroyed them
From Notts. and Derby and the Met
Cleveland, Avon and Somerset
After their luncheons
Drew their truncheons
On a day we'll not forget
(c) Daniel Dwyran
(Photo credit: Steve Eason Getty Images)
Patricio LG
Mon 2nd Nov 2015 05:39
a very sad time for communities losing livelihoods, no the mines were not comfortable, nice places to work but at least it was work and when closed they were viable still, towns became deserted and desecrated. thatcher had a lot to answer for, I don't think the nation has ever really recovered fully from the uninspiring treatment the Tories bashed it with, now with Cameron it never will. The unions played their part too, however weren't they fighting for safe healthy working mines against greedy profit? Nice poem, I'm sure will open up many conversations.