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Thread #37692   Message #4224373
Posted By: GUEST,Ted Miller
18-Jun-25 - 04:39 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Sons of Molly (Chuck Rogers)
Subject: RE: Origin: Sons of Molly (Chuck Rogers)
Chuck Rogers wrote, "The Sons of Molly", It's better known as       "The Ghosts of the Molly Maguires".                                                

Someone else wrote a song called " Make Way for the Molly Maguires".   
                                                                      The Irish Rovers contributed "Lament for the Molly Maguires".
Lament for the Molly Maguires Lyrics
Sucking up the coal dust into your lungs
Underneath the hills where there is no sun
Trying to make a living on a dollar a day
Digging coal in Pennsylvaniay

We left old Ireland, we left our homes
Across the ocean, we had to roam
With five sons and a scrawny wife
Trying to make some kind of a life

Sucking up the coal dust into your lungs
Underneath the hills where there is no sun
Trying to make a living on a dollar a day
Digging coal in Pennsylvaniay

A straw boss shot, and owner disappears
Many's a Welshman lost his ears
Company store burned to the ground
The Molly Maguires are spreading all around                              


I like Chuck Rogers Song best!
Listen to the 20 different bands that have posted their interpretation of Chuck's song and let me know which ones you like best.