In a mining town 1846
The paddys they come for the coal
For pennies they spend on whisky and beer
Just to die in that great big hole

When the thunderous crack from the rock did sound
14 souls trapped below
Oh mother Oh Jusus this can't be the way
I die - in the miner's code

Well they worked and died in the rock beside
Their comerads by and by
They look to the sky - one last time
Defending the Miner's Code

Mary Casey is crying out for her man
She's praying that he's still alive
Michael McBane took that long cold train
He won't be home tonight

3 days down you can hear the sound
of brothers of rescue have come
Only to gasp at that last dying breath
14 souls, in a hole below

Well they worked and died in the rock beside
Their comerads by and by
They look to the sky - one last time
Defending the Miner's Code