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Thread #118794   Message #2571384
Posted By: Barry Finn
19-Feb-09 - 08:30 PM
Thread Name: Coal Mine Songs
Subject: RE: Coal Mine Songs
"They'll Never Keep Us Down; Women's Coal Mining Songs"
on Rounder #4012

1. Coal Mining Woman - Hazel Dickens (Hazel Dickens)                
2. Blue Diamond Mines - Phyllis Boyens (Jean Ritchie)                
3. Dreadful Memories - Sarah Gunning (?)                        
4. Yablonski Murder - Hazel Dickens (?)                        
5. Lawrence Jones - Phyllis Boyens (Si Kahn)                        
6. Draglines - Reel World String Band (Deborah Silverstein)
7. Coal Miner's Grave - Hazel Dickens (Hazel Dicken)                
8. Come All You Coal Miners - Sarah Gunning                        
9. Black Lung - Hazel Dickens (?)                        
10. Dream of a Miner's Child - Phyllis Boyens (adapted by Phyllis Boyens, Hazel Dickens & Ken Irwin)                        
11. The Mannington Mine Disaster - Hazel Dickens (?)                
12. That 25 Cents That You Paid - Sarah Gunning (?)                
13. Clay County Miner - Hazel Dickens (?)                        
14. Clara Sullivan's Letter - Hazel Dickens (?)                        
15. What She Aims to Be - Reel World String Band (Sue Massek)        
16. Coal Tattoo - Hazel Dickens (Billy Ed Wheeler)                
17. Hello Coal Miner - Sarah Gunning (Sarah Gunning)        
18. The Battle of Jericol - Reel World String Band (Mary Lou Layne)19. Which Side Are You On? - Florence Reece (Florence Reece)        
20. They'll Never Keep Us Down - Hazel Dickens (Hazel Dickens                        

There were only 12 cuts on the 1984 LP that I have. The 8 new cuts I don't know who wrote.

Barry