Strike the Earth (Troubadour)

Ïlun kinem! The miners return, show us the prize!.. Jade, quartz, zircon! (Cut it fine!) Only baubles, what of the wise?... Coal, flux, iron! (Smelt it, mine!) [Verse 1] Strike the earth! Deep we go, the lanterns burn, Shovel and pick, it’s the miner’s turn. Through the rock, the hammer sings, We carve the dark for the wealth it brings. Stone may bite, but we’ll not weep, For gold and steel are buried deep. So raise your voice with the miner’s keep Strike the earth! (Strike the earth!) [Chorus] Strike the earth! Aluminium, Bismuthinite, (Swing that pick, boys, swing tonight!) Cassiterite and Copper’s flame, (Sing the mountain’s burning name!) Galena, Garnierite, (Pull it up, boys, haul it right!) Gold and Hematite in line! (Strike the stone, it all is mine!) Horn Silver, Limonite, (Drag the ore, the weight is right!) Magnetite and Malachite, (Shine it bright by lantern light!) Platinum, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite with flux will bite! Smelt the steel in the forge we keep, For adamantine lies down deep! So strike the earth (Strike the earth!) Dig deep! (Dig deep!) [Verse 2] Strike the earth! Stone is cruel, it breaks the bone, Dust in the lungs, and we choke alone. Yet still we sing, our spirits strong, The mountain hums to the miner’s song. Through aching backs and hands that bleed, We’ll find the gems this dark conceals. And every load is the song we seed Strike the earth! (Strike the earth!) [Chorus] Strike the earth! Aluminium, Bismuthinite, (Swing that pick, boys, swing tonight!) Cassiterite and Copper’s flame, (Sing the mountain’s burning name!) Galena, Garnierite, (Pull it up, boys, haul it right!) Gold and Hematite in line! (Strike the stone, it all is mine!) Horn Silver, Limonite, (Drag the ore, the weight is right!) Magnetite and Malachite, (Shine it bright by lantern light!) Platinum, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite with flux will bite! Smelt the steel in the forge we keep, For adamantine lies down deep! So strike the earth (Strike the earth!) Dig deep! (Dig deep!) So strike the earth (Strike the earth!) Dig deep! (Dig deep!) [Bridge] Swing the pick! (Swing it hard!) Load the cart! (Load the cart!) Sing the stone! (Sing the stone!) Break apart! (Break apart!) [Verse 3] Strike the earth! Raise the mugs when the day is done, Sing to the ores we’ve wrestled from. For every gem and metal found, The mountain shakes to our roaring sound. Though dark may press and silence creep, The miner’s oath is what we keep. And still we thunder the vow so deep Strike the earth! (Strike the earth!) [Final Chorus] Strike the earth! Aluminium, Bismuthinite, (Swing that pick, boys, swing tonight!) Cassiterite and Copper’s flame, (Sing the mountain’s burning name!) Galena, Garnierite, (Pull it up, boys, haul it right!) Gold and Hematite in line! (Strike the stone, it all is mine!) Horn Silver, Limonite, (Drag the ore, the weight is right!) Magnetite and Malachite, (Shine it bright by lantern light!) Platinum, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite with flux will bite! Aluminium, Bismuthinite, (Swing that pick, boys, swing tonight!) Cassiterite and Copper’s flame, (Sing the mountain’s burning name!) Galena, Garnierite, (Pull it up, boys, haul it right!) Gold and Hematite in line! (Strike the stone, it all is mine!) Horn Silver, Limonite, (Drag the ore, the weight is right!) Magnetite and Malachite, (Shine it bright by lantern light!) Platinum, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite with flux will bite! Smelt the steel in the forge we keep, For adamantine lies down deep! So strike the earth (Strike the earth!) Dig deep! (Dig deep!) Strike the earth (Strike the earth!) Dig deep! (Dig deep!) Strike the earth (Strike the earth!) Dig deep! (Dig deep!) Strike the earth (Strike the earth!) Dig deep! (Dig deep!) Strike the earth (Strike the earth!) Dig deep! (Dig deep!) Oh yes, strike the earth!