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Thread #109571   Message #2292046
Posted By: open mike
18-Mar-08 - 06:12 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/Add: Norman Brown
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Norman Brown
I FOUND THIS HERE:
http://flopearedmule.blogspot.com/2004/12/lying-back-and-thinking-of-lomax.html
Norman Brown.
I had forgotten I had recorded this stirring ballad from the Hunter Valley struggles. It was written by the late Dorothy Hewitt, in 1959, and also included on Man of the Earth. The struggle dates back to 1929 and was one of the fiercest confrontations between government and labour. Norman Brown, a twenty-eight year-old miner, died from wounds to the stomach after the police fired on the strikers by order of the government. Several other miners received serious injuries.
YOU WILL FIND THE LYRICS HERE:
http://unionsong.com/u407.html
MORE ABOUT DOROTHY HEWETT--http://mike-servethepeople.blogspot.com/2007/12/78th-anniversary-murder-of-norman-brown.html