Thanks for the help, everyone. Just got an email from one of the members of "Men of the Deeps." Thanks goes out to Billy MacPherson for the lyrics.COAL BY THE SEA
CHORUS: Mush a doo doo I a, singing fal the doo I addy
Mush a doo doo I a, singing fal the doo I ay
Mush a doo doo I a, singing fal the doo I addy
Mush a doo doo I a, singing fal the doo I ayIn Seventeen twenty, they sailed to C. B.
In search for the coal the cropped up by the sea.
They settled the land round Morien Bay,
And 'twas here that coal mining started they say. CHORUSThe mines shutdown at Morien Bay,
They packed up and moved to work in Glace Bay.
Seven mines did they open in this big town,
Yet only no. 26 is still to be found. CHORUSCoal mining spread to many a town,
And as far as we know it will always be around.
Cape Breton is rich in coal fields, you see,
And it all began with that coal by the sea. CHORUSThe immigrants came from far and wide,
To work in coal mines side by side.
Mates became buddies and brothers to be,
Down in the deeps of ol' C. B. CHORUS(*Recorded by Men of the Deeps - Album: Diamonds in the Rough)