who comes from coal miners?

Subject: RE: who comes from coal miners?
From: GUEST,greg stephens cookie unset I have tried hone
Date: 29 May 02 - 08:53 AM

Dave the Gnome I think we need to know where your great grandfather stood on the vexed question of offensive lyrics. For example, whilesinging Lily of Laguna while having his armcut off, did he sing the verse, and if so what did about the lines "It's the same old taleof a palpatating n****r every time, every time time, It's the same old trouble 0f a c**n that wants to be married very soon". Now, given the distressing circumstances he could be forgiven if he did sing this. I just wondered if family history sheds any light on this. It would be nice he stuck to the non-offending chorus, but I think we would all be quite forgiving if he forgot himself, the circumstances being rather stressful. By the way, I come from a long line of tin and iron miners, none of whom would have seen down a coalmine dead or alive, armless or whole.

Subject: RE: who comes from coal miners?
From: GUEST,sophocleese
Date: 29 May 02 - 07:55 AM

Both great grand-fathers on my father's side were miners in Somerset. One of them was beaten up so badly during a strike that he never went down the mines again.

Subject: RE: who comes from coal miners?
From: GUEST,Davetnova
Date: 29 May 02 - 07:48 AM

My Dad wa a miner in South Wales and by coincidence a boxer (Welsh champion at his weight). He claimed to be the only Welshman with absolutely no singing voice whatsoever, a talent he passed on to me.

Subject: RE: who comes from coal miners?
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 29 May 02 - 07:28 AM

My great grandad on my Mothers side lost his arm in a mining accident. In keeping with musical threads I can mention that he, apparantly, sang 'Lily of Laguna' while having it cut off!

By one of those weird coincidences he went on to become a boxing instructor (yes - with one arm!) at a local boys club. Many years later after the club had been closed for a while my grandad, on my Dads side, took over the running of the building and converted the top floor into a Russian orthodox church.

Cheers

Dave the Gnome
(All Gnomes are miners at heart anyway...;-))

Subject: RE: who comes from coal miners?
From: GUEST,JBGoode
Date: 29 May 02 - 06:34 AM

You know, like my grandparents were miners, etc. Mine were, in Pittston, PA. Just a weird late night question i suppose...

Subject: RE: who comes from coal miners?
From: paddymac
Date: 29 May 02 - 04:31 AM

maybe the guest will return, identify him/herself, and clarify their question.

Subject: RE: who comes from coal miners?
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 29 May 02 - 03:55 AM

Numerous male voice choirs, who use the title "Orpheus" to denote their origins underground. e.g."The Morriston Orpheus Choir"

Subject: RE: who comes from coal miners?
From: Bert
Date: 29 May 02 - 03:27 AM

Er! Coal minors maybe!

Subject: who comes from coal miners?
From: GUEST
Date: 29 May 02 - 03:04 AM