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Fraoch Lyr Req: Spring Hill Disaster (Maurice Ruddick) (29) RE: Lyr Req: Spring Hill Disaster (Maurice Ruddick) 11 Feb 12

Actually, Maurice Ruddick contributed more than one line to Bill Clifton's song. The story is documented by bluegrass scholar and Atlantic Canadian folklorist, Neil V. Rosenberg of Memorial University:

Rosenberg, Neil V. 2000. "The Springhill Mine Disaster Songs: Class, Memory, and Persistence in Canadian Folksong". In Northeast Folklore: Essays in Honor of Edward D. Ives, edited by P. M. a. D. Taylor, 153-87. Orono, ME: University of Maine Press & Maine Folklife Center.

You can read a quick summary at my disaster song project website.

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