Steve Knightley 1998
A true story about the Fairmile Road Protests in 1997. The camps staged in the path of the highway existed as communes for two years before they were cleared.
Show of Hands: https://showofhands.bandcamp.com/track/digging-down
https://showofhands.bandcamp.com/track/digging-down
Come listen to me and I’ll sing you a song, thought it might offend you it wont take me long. It’s of the bold diggers at fairmile camp, deep underground in the cold and the damp. Chorus: Digging down down down, digging down. There’s Ian, and Animal, Pete and Welsh John, and Swampy of fame I’ll include in my song. Theres no finer diggers in Devon it’s true, and the poor under-sheriff don’t know what to do. Swampy said this new road is a terrible thing, just think of the damage and ruin you’ll bring. We’ve only one planet or have you forgot, would the cameras be here without us? I think not. So the bailifs they dug and they shored up with planks, while hundreds of policemen they stood by in ranks. They thought they had reached them but soon felt quite sick, when they found a steel door that was 5 inches thick. So here’s to the fine moles of old Fairmile copse, they’ll be there in spirit until the road stops. Lift up your voices and raise up your glass, they gave the road builders a kick up the arse!