Cousin Jack

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