Christopher Drummond is now fast asleep
Killed in a chimney they forced him to sweep
Seven years old he was earning his keep
He was a boy in child labour
Christopher Drummond eighteen seven-two
Climbed to his death for no reason he knew
Drew his last breath in a fernery flue
He was a boy in child labour
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Robbed of a childhood with no chance to play
Child labour slaves are still slaving today
Washington Hall home to Isaac L Bell
Witnessed it all as it rang the death knell
For this small boy in its luxury hell
Grave to a slave of child labour
Christopher Drummond pulled down by a rope
Lay in ‘The Cross Keys’ a pub where all hope
Left his small body washed clean by green soap
Grave took this slave of child labour
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Chimney Sweeps Act was then 30 years old
Yet it’s a fact he was bought & was sold
Christopher Drummond lay lifeless & cold
He paid the price of child labour
What of the master a man called Tom Clark?
Cause of disaster & death in the dark
6 months in jail for this murdering shark
That was the price of child labour
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