The Stars Look Down

[Spoken OVERHEAD VOICE]

For over seventy years miners of Durham County have come together once a year for their demonstration and gala day. This was the first Durham rally since the pits handed over to the people. This year one of the popular attraction was Mr. Herbert Morrison, who spoke of the link of solidarity between miners and other workers

[Spoken HERBERT MORRISON]

I want you men of the pits to come through. I want these streets clean of nationalization to succeed triumphantly. The whole country is watching to see how this great new organization, this new adventure, this new experiment, comes out. The great experiment of socialism in a democracy depends on you. The whole future we are trying to conduct in our country is for all our people and all our children, and it depends on you

[ENSEMBLE, MINERS]

Through the dark, and

Through the hunger

Through the night and

Through the fear

Through the fight and

Years of hardship

Through the storms and

Through the tears

And although your feet are weary

And although your soul is worn

And although they'll try to break you

And although you'll feel alone

We will always stand together

In the dark, right through the storm

We will stand, shoulder to shoulder

To keep us warm

And the stars look down on the mean and hungry

And the stars look down and show the way

And the stars look down and we'll stand together

To see a day

When the stars look down and know our history

When the stars look down upon our past

And the stars look down and see a future bright at last

When we'll stand as one, beneath the sun

And though our hands are bruised and bleeding

And our lungs are full with dust

And our hearts are near to breaking

We will never forgo the trust

We will fight through pain and hunger

Every arrow, every knife

And we will never give the hope up

Of a proud and honest life

So we will always stand together

Through the frost, the hail, the snow

The stars are our redemption

And so we know

[Spoken MINER}

We're out!

[Spoken ENSEMBLE]

(Cheering)

[SINGLE MINER]

The stars look down when we're abandoned

Look down in the heart of night

[ENSEMBLE]

And the stars look down and give us vision

To see the light

The stars look down upon our struggle

The stars look down and know the past

The stars look down and see a future bright at last

When we'll stand as one, beneath the sun

All out together

All out as one

All out for victory

Till we've won

All out together

All out as one

All out for victory

All out till we've won

[Spoken MICHAEL]

Billy, do you know why they're on strike like?

[Spoken BILLY]

's to do with Maggie Thatcher innit?

Why, what's she done like? (?)

[Spoken MICHAEL]

Fucked if I know

Eh, see ya at boxing?

[Spoken BILLY]

Yeah

[Spoken MICHAEL]

See ya, Billy

[Spoken BILLY]

See ya, Michael

[BILLY]

Take me up and hold me gently

Raise me up and hold me high

Through the nights under darkness

Will come a day when we will fly

And although we've been rejected

And although we've been outcast

We will find a new tomorrow

When we come to rest at last

And we will stand there proudly

And we will never walk alone

And we will be returned

Back to our home

[ENSEMBLE]

And the stars look down at their reflection

And the stare look down and there's a light

When the stars look down they'll see the justice

And the right

And the stars look down and see the struggle

And the stars look down and know the pain

And the stars will lead us back to where light shines again

Where we'll stand as one beneath the sun

One beneath the sun

[MINER]

When we stand as one

[ENSEMBLE]

All out together

[MORE MINERS]

When we stand as one

[ENSEMBLE]

All out as one

[SOME MINERS]

When we stand as one

[ENSEMBLE]

All out for victory

[MINER GROUP]

When we stand as one

[ENSEMBLE]

Till we've won

{MINERS]

When we stand as one

[ONE GROUP]

All out together

[ANOTHER GROUP]

When we stand as one

[ONE GROUP]

All out as one

[ANOTHER GROUP]

When we stand as one

[ONE GROUP]

All out for victory

[ANOTHER GROUP]

When we stand as one

[ONE GROUP]

Till we've won

[ANOTHER GROUP]

When we stand as one

[ONE GROUP]

All out together

[ANOTHER GROUP]

When we stand as one

[ONE GROUP]

All out as one

[ANOTHER GROUP]

When we stand as one

[ONE GROUP]

All out for victory

[ALL ENSEMBLE]

All out till we've won