| John the OFM | 20 Feb 2021 10:44 p.m. PST |
Here are a few of mine.
Paradise, by John Prine, sadly missed. Bill Monroe called it one of the greatest bluegrass songs, even though it has few traditional bluegrass instrumentation.
YouTube link "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive", by Darrell Scott. Here covered by Patty Loveless.
YouTube link Dark as a Dungeon, by the king of mining songs, Merle Travis.
YouTube link Travis also wrote 16 Tons, here performed by Tennessee Ernie Ford. YouTube link I have a few more I could add later.
What are your favorite coal mining songs? |
| John the OFM | 20 Feb 2021 10:45 p.m. PST |
Oh, and please add a YouTube link, so we can all enjoy it too. |
| Corporal Fagen | 20 Feb 2021 11:23 p.m. PST |
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| parrskool | 21 Feb 2021 12:55 a.m. PST |
Close the coalhouse door, lad. Alex Glasgow Says it all. |
| Chimpy | 21 Feb 2021 1:05 a.m. PST |
Blackleg Miner by Steeleye Span |
| Twilight Samurai | 21 Feb 2021 2:36 a.m. PST |
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robert piepenbrink  | 21 Feb 2021 4:43 a.m. PST |
Does "Diggy Diggy Hole" count?
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Failing that, "16 Tons" with perhaps "Big Bad John" for second.
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| sillypoint | 21 Feb 2021 5:05 a.m. PST |
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| Grand Dragon | 21 Feb 2021 5:37 a.m. PST |
Red Hill Mining Town by U2 |
| JMcCarroll | 21 Feb 2021 6:29 a.m. PST |
" She got the mine, I got the shaft " by ? |
| Wackmole9 | 21 Feb 2021 6:43 a.m. PST |
+1 twilight Samurai also the end credits song for Heavy Metal the movie. |
| Andoreth | 21 Feb 2021 6:46 a.m. PST |
Just listened to "Diggy Diggy Hole" for the first time. Thank you Robert Piepenbrink, it really cheered up my day, and yes it definitely does count as a mining song. |
| JimDuncanUK | 21 Feb 2021 7:25 a.m. PST |
My father was a coal miner, as was his brother and father and his brothers too. The only male in the family apart from me who wasn't a coal miner was my uncle Jock who delivered coal by horse and cart. They were all members of the local Burns club and could sing any of his repertoire. I never heard them singing anything else. |
| von Schwartz ver 2 | 21 Feb 2021 7:35 a.m. PST |
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| ZULUPAUL | 21 Feb 2021 7:51 a.m. PST |
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| skipper John | 21 Feb 2021 8:06 a.m. PST |
From a different angle….. "Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work we go…" |
| Frederick | 21 Feb 2021 9:42 a.m. PST |
!6 Tons followed by Big John |
| JMcCarroll | 21 Feb 2021 10:09 a.m. PST |
Jerry Reed "She Got the Goldmine, I got The Shaft" |
| Ryan T | 21 Feb 2021 10:14 a.m. PST |
"Big Branch" by Gangstagrass. I'm generally not a fan of Hip-Hop but this fusion of Rap and Bluegrass just nails it. YouTube link |
| Perris0707 | 21 Feb 2021 10:28 a.m. PST |
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| William Warner | 21 Feb 2021 11:10 a.m. PST |
"The Springhill Mine Disaster" by Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacColl. YouTube link |
 enfant perdus | 21 Feb 2021 11:32 a.m. PST |
The Old Miner by Silly Sisters (Maddy Prior and June Tabor)
YouTube link Let me throw in, Mining for Gold by Cowboy Junkies. In the best folk tradition, all you have to do is change "gold" to "coal" and bob's your uncle. it even scans.
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| RittervonBek | 21 Feb 2021 12:36 p.m. PST |
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| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 21 Feb 2021 12:49 p.m. PST |
Devo: working in the coal mine |
| rmaker | 21 Feb 2021 1:54 p.m. PST |
Second "Springhill Mine Disaster". |
| nevals | 21 Feb 2021 2:35 p.m. PST |
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The song is called Put u srediste rudnika Kreka Banovici (The Voyage to the Center of the Mine Kreka) by the Yugoslav Band Zabranjeno Pusenje. Recorded in 1984. The band is from Sarajevo.The song talks about the explosion in the mine, in 1982, that killed 39 miners. Talks about the consternation in the homes of the killed after the news reached them, and the ghosts of miners watching the charity concert for their benefits. |
| enfant perdus | 21 Feb 2021 3:15 p.m. PST |
Can't believe I almost forgot this one.
New York Mining Disaster 1941 by The Bee Gees.
YouTube link Doesn't specificaly say coal, but it's inspired by the Aberfan disaster. Besides, what else does one mine in New York? |
| Uesugi Kenshin | 21 Feb 2021 4:41 p.m. PST |
Working in a Coal Mine, Lee Dorsey, but by Devo. |
| walkabout | 21 Feb 2021 6:31 p.m. PST |
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| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 21 Feb 2021 7:58 p.m. PST |
Uesugi Kenshin has the correct attribution. I likewise prefer the Devo cover to the original. |
| Major Mike | 22 Feb 2021 7:55 a.m. PST |
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 Doctor X | 22 Feb 2021 7:58 a.m. PST |
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| von Schwartz ver 2 | 22 Feb 2021 3:32 p.m. PST |
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