Ed Pickford - No More Deaths for Dollars

Subject: Ed Pickford - No More Deaths for Dollars
From: 2581
Date: 19 Jun 12 - 11:03 PM

Ed Pickford, the brilliant British songwriter - who wrote "Farewell Johnny Miner", "The Pound A Week Rise", "One Miner's Life" and "Ee Aye, Aa Cud Hew" - has written a new folk song titled "No More Deaths for Dollars". It's a tribute to Mother Jones (1837-1930), the fearless union activist and community organizer who helped organize/unionize the Appalachian, Illinois and Colorado coalfields. We certainly could use a few more folks like Mother Jones today... everywhere in the world.

Here is a link to Ed's song:
"No More Deaths for Dollars"

Subject: RE: Ed Pickford - No More Deaths for Dollars
From: peregrina
Date: 20 Jun 12 - 03:23 AM

it's a great song and sent me to read about Mother Jones in wikipedia; worth
learning about.
there is aleady a cover by Raymond Crook.

Subject: RE: Ed Pickford - No More Deaths for Dollars
From: peregrina
Date: 20 Jun 12 - 05:25 PM

The
cover
by Raymond Crooke
has a link (with Ed's permission) to the lyrics and chords
here

... it's a come back Woody Guthrie, Joe Hill and Mother Jones every time you hear the news on the radio in the UK