DUSKIER than the clouds that lie
'Tween the coal-pit and the sky,
Lo, how Willy whistles by
Right cheery from the colliree.
Duskier might the laddie be
Save his coaxing coal-black e'en,
Nothing dark could Jinny see
A-coming from the colliree.
Joseph Skipsey
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/willy-to-jinny/
