Like ants the coal miners burrowed deep into the earth creating a maze of tunnels The men and boys had blasted and picked away reaching a depth of 800 feet below the surface Don't worry Angel We aren't lost Conall said reassuringly Angel the mule snorted in reply Besides you know these tunnels better than any of us Clomp clack clomp clack As he rolled along the boy sang Nu in is a name to a
How sweet tis to roam by the sunny Suir stream In the 1800s few laws existed to protect working And hear the doves coo neath the children and they were not regularly enforced Many morning's sunbeam children left school or never attended school to Where the thrush and the robin their work in mines mills and factories across the sweet notes entwine country Since I many men and women did not earn enough to support their families they had little On the banks of the Suir that flows down by Moomcoin choice but to send their children to work This was particularly true in mining communities Breaker boys 1911
A familiar voice called out from the gloom ahead Oh Conall I just love your dandy voice Ha ha A figure holding a shovel stepped forward and Conall saw that it was his brother Danny The brothers grinned at each other white teeth ſlashing in their dirty faces Then Danny warned You'll need to hold up here III brother The men sent me ahead to stop you They set a powder charge and ee it s going to blow any minute a
