[Verse 1]
This land is barren and broken
Scarred like the face of the moon
Our tongue is no longer spoken
Towns all around face ruin
Will there be work in New Brunswick
Will I find gold in the Cape
If I tunnel way down to Australia
Oh, how 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
So look for me under the lode and inside the vein
Where the copper the clay the arsenic and tin
Run in your blood and get under your skin
I’m leaving the county behind and I’m not coming back
So, follow me down cousin Jack
[Verse 2]
The soil was too poor to make Eden
Granite and sea left no choice
Though visions of heaven sustained us
When John Wesley gave us a voice
Did Joseph once come to St Michael’s mount
Two thousand years pass in a dream
When you’re working your way in the darkness
Deep in the heart of the seam
Where there’s a mine or a hole in the ground
That’s what I’m heading for that’s where I’m bound
So look for me under the lode and inside the vein
Where the copper the clay the arsenic and tin
Run in your blood and get under your skin
I’m leaving the county behind and I’m not coming back
So, follow me down cousin Jack
[Verse 3]
I dream of a bridge on the Tamar
It opens us up to the east
And the English live in our houses
The Spanish fish in our seas
Where there’s a mine or a hole in the ground
That’s what I’m heading for that’s where I’m bound
So look for me under the lode and inside the vein
Where the copper the clay the arsenic and tin
Run in your blood and get under your skin
I’m leaving the county behind and I’m not coming back
So, follow me down cousin Jack
