WALK MY BOOTS CLEAN

(by Nancy Kerr)


	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		[Co. Donegal, Ire.]
  I'll walk my boots clean someday

	I'll walk my boots ...

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			[Cornwall, Eng.]
  I'll walk my boots clean someday

	I'll walk my boots ...

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			[Co. Donegal, Ire.]
  I'll walk my boots clean someday

	I'll walk my boots ...

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	[Glamorgan, Wales]
  I'll walk my boots clean someday

	I'll walk my boots ...

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		[Durham, Eng.]
  I'll walk my boots clean someday

	I'll walk my boots ...

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			[G-DINE-ya, Poland]
  I'll walk my boots clean someday

	I'll walk my boots ...

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, 		[BRIN-o, Czech Rep.]
  To the Wild Atlantic Way		[Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ire.]
  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
	Sure as a pool in a valley of clay
	I'll walk my boots clean someday

recording: Album download [bandcamp]

background: Album review [Folk Radio UK]