| Coorie Doon |
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| Coorie doon, coorie doon, coorie doon, my darling |
| Coorie doon the day |
| Coorie doon, coorie doon, coorie doon, my darling |
| Coorie doon the day |
| Lie down, my dear, and in your ear |
| To help you close your eye |
| I’ll sing a song, a slumber song |
| A miner’s lullaby |
| Your daddy’s doon the mine, my darling |
| Doon in the curbly main |
| Your daddy’s howkin' coal, my darling |
| For his ain wee wean |
| There’s darkness doon the mine my darling |
| Darkness, dust and damp |
| But we must have oor heat, oor light |
| Oor fire and our lamp |
| Your daddy coories doon, my darling |
| Doon in a three foot seam |
| So you can coorie doon my darling |
| Coorie doon and dream |
