The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #138275   Message #3164501
Posted By: Bobert
02-Jun-11 - 10:16 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Stop Coal Co. from Erasing Union History
Subject: RE: BS: Stop Coal Co. from Erasing Union History
Oh, daddy, won't ya' take me back to Mulenburg County
By the Green River where Paradise lay
I'm sorry, my son, but you're too late in askin'
Mr. Peabody's coal train has hauled it away...

Seems that our entire nation owes a debt of gratitude to the men who have done the dirty work... Gone into mine shafts that are but 36 friggin' inches high... Coal miners are the hardest working, shortest living men on the planet... What's 20 years of life worth??? Maybe we need to ask...

...Mr. Peabody...

B~