When I was a child I would often spend Saturdays at my maternal grandparents' house a few miles from home in South Yorkshire in a village called Whiston on the edge of Rotherham. I used to play records on a record player here. My grandad was a coal miner, so there would always be a coal fire lit, even on hot days, as it provided hot water for the house.
This song stuck in my head for some reason.
The lyrics are quite strange and mention death.
It turns out that this is a cover version of a Belgian song called 'The Dying Man' by Jacques Brel.
It also has an unusual key change towards the end.
It was a number one single in many countries including the UK.
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