This land is barren and broken, Scarred like the face of the moon Our tongue no longer spoken The towns all around face ruin Will there be work in New Brunswick? Or will I find gold in the Cape? If I tunnel way down to Australia 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 Look for me under the lode or inside the vein, Where the copper, the clay, where the arsenic and tin Run in your blood they get under your skin I'm leaving the county behind and I'm not coming back So follow me down Cousin Jack. 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 Michaels 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 or inside the vein, Where the copper, the clay, where the arsenic and tin Run in your blood they get under your skin I'm leaving the county behind and I'm not coming back So follow me down Cousin Jack. I dream of a bridge cross the Tamar It opens us up to the East In my dreams I see English living in our houses I see Spanish fishing 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 or inside the vein, Where the copper, the clay, where arsenic and tin Run in your blood and under your skin I'm leaving the county behind and I'm not coming back So follow me down Cousin Jack.