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Thread #126607 Message #3499769
Posted By: Tattie Bogle
06-Apr-13 - 06:12 PM
Thread Name: Coal Mining Songs
Subject: RE: Coal Mining Songs
In March 2012 we staged a couple of concerts of Mining Songs in Edinburgh and Glasgow: on the whole these featured songs from the the Scottish coalfields and NE of England but with a couple from further afield. Artists included Gifford Lind, Scott Murray, Mick West, Jim Bainbridge and 4-piece band Ragged Glory from Newtongrange, one of the Midlothian mining areas.
Here's the list of songs sung, some of which have already been mentioned above:
Schooldays Over
I Wish I was a Miner
Aff Tae the Pit in the Mornin
The Miner's Rescue
The Multicoloured PIt Pony
Doon in the Darkly Pit
Hard Days But Happy Days
Miners' Medley
The Pound a Week Rise
The Night-Visiting Song
The Durham Miner's Gala
Me Hair Has Turned Grey
Ower the Walls Oot
The Durham Miners' Strike
The Big Hewer
The Old Miner
The Coaltown Road
The Midlothian Miners' Song
The Recruited Collier
Collier Laddie
Prince of Darkness
Coorie Doon
Six Jolly Miners
The Blantyre Explosion
Dark as a Dungeon
Farewell to the Gold (N Zealand)
Harold's Best Men/Farewell Johnny Miner
Roll On the Day
Miner's Lifeguard
19 Streets
The Miners' Raws
The Bowhill Colliery Pug
Poem - I am the Common Man 1
Remembrance Day Song
The Miner's Lass
Fordell Ball
Me Hair Has Turned Grey
Rap at a Bank/Jowl Jowl and Listen
The Durham Lockout
The Durham Emigrant
The Night-Visiting Song
Winter Sun