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25 Jun 01 - 10:42 PM (#491887) Subject: Miners carrying morphine From: Susan A-R Someone at Old Songs sang a wonderful song by Utah Phillips? about miners carrying little boxes of Morphine into the mines with theim in case they were trapped in a cave in or such. Anyone got lyrics to this one, or more info on the song/subject? Susan |
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25 Jun 01 - 11:36 PM (#491919) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Miners carrying morphine From: Pene Azul You can get the lyrics, a jpg of the tune and chords, and some background of "Miners Lulliby" here (click). Jeff |
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26 Jun 01 - 09:21 AM (#492118) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Miners carrying morphine From: MMario Susan - don't forget the version they did was NOT Utah's tune. I didn't catch the name of who did right the tune tho' , sorry. |
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26 Jun 01 - 09:52 AM (#492137) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Miners carrying morphine From: GUEST,Don Meixner I have his song book. I'll mail out a copy of the page with the melody. Don |
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26 Jun 01 - 09:55 AM (#492139) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Miners carrying morphine From: SINSULL iT WAS PERFORMED AT THE pALTALK uTAH PHILLIPS cONCERT. sANDY WILL KNOW. Damn Capslock! |
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26 Jun 01 - 11:12 AM (#492204) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Miners carrying morphine From: kendall I've been singing this one for quite some time. It is a very moving story. The way Utah told it was, he was going through a miners museum and noticed the little tin box. He asked about it, and the song was a result of the story he was told. |
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26 Jun 01 - 11:45 AM (#492231) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Miners carrying morphine From: GUEST If you go to Utah's archived radio programs he includes it plus he reads some of the messages found in the morphine cans from the dying miners to their families. I am not home so I cannot direct you to the site but it's a good 'un. |
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26 Jun 01 - 11:46 AM (#492232) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Miners carrying morphine From: GUEST,Naemanson The last guest was me. |
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26 Jun 01 - 12:08 PM (#492248) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Miners carrying morphine From: Sorcha Utah's Pages |
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26 Jun 01 - 12:10 PM (#492252) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Miners carrying morphine From: AllisonA(Animaterra) Susan, thanks for this thread- that was an incredible song! And the woman who sang it sang as if she herself was the miner's wife- it was beautiful. I seem to remember that the tune is recorded on a cd others have made of Utah Philips' songs. |
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26 Jun 01 - 04:54 PM (#492438) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Miners carrying morphine From: Midchuck The tune is by Jody Stecher and Kate Brislin. They perform it on their CD, "Heart Songs." All the songs on that are Utah's older country/bluegrass songs. Everybody really, really, ought to get that CD. Jody's intro to "Rock Salt and Nails" is a textbook example of making music with the spaces between the notes, as well as with the notes. Usual disclaimers. Peter. |
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26 Jun 01 - 05:28 PM (#492470) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Miners carrying morphine From: Chicken Charlie Interesting cross reference to "Soldier's Joy," which I found on another web site--evidently "SJ" meant (among other things) morphine. Often played and seldom sung, Soldier's Joy has one verse that goes something like:
Fifteen cents for the morphine, Or words to that effect. Thread creep? What thread creep? I may start a band called the Blue Morphine Cult; who wants to play the bongos? CC |
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26 Jun 01 - 06:39 PM (#492511) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Miners carrying morphine From: BanjoRay This sounds like an instant legend to me. First aid men in a mine will carry morphine, and maybe in an american silver mine they carried it in a special metal box such as the one described at the website - but I do not see miners carrying suicide kits, and I've known a lot of them in the UK - it doesn't ring true. If I was told a story that - "miners carry morphine to kill themselves with, just in case" I would make bloody sure I knew it was true before libelling them by writing a song about it. Cheers |
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26 Jun 01 - 06:58 PM (#492538) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Miners carrying morphine From: Gareth Many years ago - in fact on my 18th Birthday - my father ( an ex collier )arranged a trip for me down the Lady Windsor Pit near Pontypridd. This was not a tourists trip, I found out later he had ploted over the beer with the NUM lodge Chairman to give me a hard time, to kill any thoughts I harboured about the romantic ideals of working underground. One thing that I do recall was being shown the first aid stations, at regular intervals, with the first aid cabinets. Crucial to each station was the locked boxes containing Morphine and other drugs. The keys were kept by qualified first aiders. I understand that this was UK practice, not so different from the USA. Also in the box, I was told, were grease pencils to mark on the victim the time and dose so that there would be no confusion when removed to hospital. Gareth |