Show of Hands: "Cousin Jack"

10/1/08
Great Hall, Farnham, England

this land is barren and broken
scarred like the face of the moon
our tongue is no longer spoken
and the towns all around face ruin
will there be work in New Brunswick?
or will i find gold in the Cape?
if i tunnel way down to Australia
oh will I ever escape?
where there's a mine
or a hole in the ground
that's what i'm heading for
that's where i'm bound
look for me under the lode
or inside the vein
where the copper the clay
where the arsenic and tin
run in your blood
and under your skin
i'm leaving the county behind
and i'm not coming back
so follow me down
cousin Jack
--show of hands (from "cousin jack")