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Thread #5905   Message #400934
Posted By: Jimmy C
18-Feb-01 - 02:31 PM
Thread Name: Songs about Molly Maguires
Subject: RE: Molly Maguires: Songs about?
O' Boyle, I remember reading a great book about the Pennyslvania Molly's. I Think it was called " The Day They Shook The Plum Tree" or a title close to that. I don't even know where or how I came to have it. It was one of those books that you couldn't put down once you started to read it. If it still in print it would be worth pursuing,
There was a group of friends of mine here in Ontario called " The Molly Maguires" Their only recording contained one song about the coal miners. That is the one mentioned above, with the following chorus
" Make Way for the Molly Maguires
They're drinkers, they're liars but they're men
Make way for the Molly Maguires