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30 Jan 07 - 06:16 AM (#1952164) Subject: Looking for specific miner song From: Snoozer I received the following question via email and, although there's not much to go on, I thought the collective wisdom of Mudcat might be able to help. I heard a song the other day by a Irish (maybe he was from Scotland) singer, the song was about a young man who used to stand tall but after working in the mines he was a bent man, the singer had a very heavy brogue and his last name started with a B. That's all I know and I would really like to find out who sang this song. Thanks, Snoozer |
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30 Jan 07 - 08:03 AM (#1952254) Subject: RE: Looking for specific miner song From: Effsee Crooked Jack? It's in the DT. Put the title in the search box (top right of the page). http://www.mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=1386 |
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30 Jan 07 - 08:04 AM (#1952258) Subject: RE: Looking for specific miner song From: nutty I was tall and true almost six foot two Till they broke me across the back By the name I'm known, it is not my own For they call me crooked Jack This one came straight to mind. Is this the one you are looking for? I can only remember the chorus but I'm sure others will know the song |
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30 Jan 07 - 08:22 AM (#1952275) Subject: RE: Looking for specific miner song From: MartinRyan It's in the Digital Tradition HERE . Written by Dominic Behan? Tune is a version "The Star of the County Down" - but then, isn't everything?! Regards |
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30 Jan 07 - 11:26 AM (#1952489) Subject: RE: Looking for specific miner song From: GUEST sounds like Dick Gaughan.s version. |
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30 Jan 07 - 05:12 PM (#1952891) Subject: RE: Looking for specific miner song From: GUEST,mg If you can get hold of an old Anne Byrne recording..she does it great. There is another song I would like to find..someone told me what it was before but now I forget. Someone worked in the mines and got hunchbacked from it and went to work in the woods, where they made fun of him for not being a great tree chopper. So one day there was a terrible fire and he grabs a shovel I think and digs a trench perhaps and saves them...it was really a powerful song. mg |