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Canadian singer/songwriter Rita McNeil wrote the song after visiting a mine in Nova Scotia. It has been incorrectly credited to Dolly Parton and, strangely, it appears on albums of many Irish singers/bands. Then again, so does Dirty Old Town (written by Ewan MacColl, a Scotsman about Salford, Lancashire). It's A Working Man I Am has only two verses and a chorus as originally penned, however many artists have added their own or changed them to add poignancy. One refers to a father's tears as his son goes down the mine, whilst another thanks God for reaching 65. Another verse talks of a 92 year old ex-miner's family scattering his ashes after he vowed never to go underground. As the son of a former miner in the Lancashire coalfield, I can sympathise with the sentiments of all versions I've heard.
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