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Thread #118794   Message #2628681
Posted By: GUEST,raredance
10-May-09 - 11:06 PM
Thread Name: Coal Mine Songs
Subject: RE: Coal Mine Songs
Below is the list of songs from "'And Now the Fields Are Green' A Collection of Coal Mining Songs In Canada" by John C O'Donnell. University College of Cape Breton Press, 1992. Some of the songs have already been mentioned above, but many other have not. I have a copy of the book if anyone has interest in the details of a particular song.


APPRECIATION OF A DECEASED BROTHER
ARE YOU FROM BEVAN?
ARISE YE NOVA SCOTIA SLAVES.
AT FOURTEEN I'M TRAPPING.
BALLAD OF SPRINGHILL, THE.
BALLAD OF THE FRANK SLIDE, THE.
BALLAD OF JB McLACHLAN, THE.
BILLY, COME WITH ME.
BILLY, THE PIT HORSE.
BLACK AROUND THEIR EYES, THE.
BLACK-EYED MINER, THE.
BLACK IS THE COALDUST.
BONNY LABOURlNG BOY, THE.
BOOTLEG COAL
BOOTLEG TRUCKMAN.
BOOTLEGGER ME.
BOWSER'S PENITENTS
BOWSER'S SEVENTY-TWA
BOYS OF THE RESCUE CREW, THE
BUMPS, THE.
CALEDONIA.
CALEDONIA EXPLOSION, THE.
CANNY MINER LAD, THE.
CAPE BRETON COAL.
CAPE BRETON COAL MINERS, THE.
CAPE BRETON MINER MAN
CAPE BRETON SILVER.
CHAIN RUNNER'S SONG
COAL BY THE SEA, THE
COAL IS KING AGAIN
COAL MINER UNDER THE SEA, THE.
COAL MINING DAYS.
COAL TATTOO
COAL TOWN ROAD
COLLIER'S RANT
COMPLAINTE DE SPRINGHILL, LA.
CZAR OF BC
DARK AS A DUNGEON
DISASTER AT NUMBER I-B
DON'T GO BELOW
DON'T GO DOWN IN THE MINE, DAD
DOWN AMONG THE COAL
DOWN DEEP IN THE MINE
DOWN DEEP IN A COAL MINE
DOWN IN A COAL MINE
DOWN IN SPRINGHILL'S BUMPY MINE
DUST IN THE AIR
END OF AN INDUSTRY, THE
FAREWELL TO CALEDONIA.
GEORGE ALFRED BECKETT.
GOVERNMENT STORE, THE.
HONEST WORKING MAN, THE
I'M ONLY A BROKEN DOWN MUCKER.
I WENT TO NORMAN'S.
I WORK IN THE PIT
JIM McLACHLAN SONG
JOE HILL
JOLLY MINER, THE.
JOLLY WEE MINER MEN
KELLY'S COVE.
LITILE PINKIE ENGINE
MAN WITH A TORCH IN HIS CAP, THE
MEN UNDERGROUND, THE.
MINER, THE
MINER, THE (WITH A SHOVEL IN HIS HAND)
MINER'S CRY, A
MINER'S EPITAPH
MINER'S LAMENT
MINER'S LIFE, A
MINERS' MEMORIAL HYMN
MINES OF AVONDALE, THE
MINING COAL
MIRACLE AT COLLIERY TWO
MIRACLE AT SPRINGHILL, THE.
NEW ABERDEEN GOVERNMENT STORE, THE
NEW WATERFORD'S FATAL DAY.
1938 DISASTER, THE.
1925 STRIKE SONG, THE
NO 12, NEW WATERFORD
NO 26 MINE DISASTER, THE
NO 26, ONE MILLION TON
NORDEGG BALLAD, THE
OMEN, THE
ON CUMBERLAND'S RUGGED MOUNTAIN
ORAN: THA FAILEADH A' GHUAIL
PEGGY GORDON
PERCY MORRIS
PHANTOM PAN CREW, THE.
PLAIN OLE MINER BOY
PLUCK ME STORE, THE
RAP HER TO BANK
REMEMBER THE MINER
RESCUE FROM THE SPRINGHILL COAL MINE
ROLL ALONG, UNITED MINERS.
RORY DAN, THE MINER
RUN, BOWSER, RUN
SCENT OF COAL, THE
SCHOOLDAYS END
SEVEN LAMPS NORTH
SHE LOVES HER MINER LAD
SHIRT TALE, A
SIXTEEN TONS
SONG OF THE ESTEVAN MINERS.
SORENESS OF MY SOUL, THE
SPRINGHILL DISASTER OF 1958, THE
SPRINGHILL MINE DISASTER 1891
SPRINGHILL MINE EXPLOSION OF 1956, THE
STEP BY STEP
THA FAILEADH A' GHUAIL
THIRTY -INCH COAL
UNDERNEATH THE SEA
UNKNOWN MINER'S GRAVE
WESTVILLE MINERS
WHEN I FIRST WENT TO CALEDONIA
WHEN YOU'RE DONE LOADING COAL
WORKING MAN
YAHIE MINERS, THE