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Date Posted: 19:57:57 10/12/10 Tue
Author: Brittany
Subject: Re: Chiliean coalminers - "Down Underground"
In reply to: LauraG 's message, "Chiliean coalminers" on 18:26:37 10/12/10 Tue

There is a song that automatically goes into my head when mine disasters happen ever since I heard this song. I tried to find it on YouTube, but it wasn't available (it isn't one of Gaelic Storm's most popular songs), but I did find it on Rhapsody. You can listen to it for free:

http://www.rhapsody.com/gaelic-storm/tracks.html
(and yes, that is a didgeridoo you hear)


Down Underground:

Say goodbye to the morning light,
Got my Jaffas and my flask of tea,
Sucking death with every breath,
Tryin' to feed my family,
No sanctuary for this yellow canary
Stuck in a black iron cage,
I'm blind as a mole in this bottomless hole,
I'm diggin' my own grave.



Chorus:
I'm goin' down, underground,
Down, underground.
Down, underground,
Down, down, down...



They say, walk away, and you'll get better pay,
I don't know what I should do,
Should I cross the line, like some friends of mine,
They were hungry too,
Those union joes in their spotless clothes,
Don't mean nothin' to me,
I"m sick and tired of stokin' the fires,
For them or this company.



Chorus



When the siren sounds,
And the sun goes down,
I finally get to wash my face,
The wheels don't stop,
They spin 'round the clock,
They send my son down to take my place,



Chorus:

(He's) goin' down, underground,
Down underground,
Down underground,
Down down down






From the CD pamphlet:

From Cornwall, England to Springhill, Nova Scotia, to Harlan County, USA, this is a new song about an old story. A hard working man is caught in the crossfire between the Company and the Union, when the only thing that really matters is keeping his family fed. We always wanted to write a mining song, and we finally did, together with Nashville's finest Scottish songwriter, Johnny Reid. Hard, honest work is a rare commodity these days, but the folks who do it have every right to be proud of it... and they deserve our thanks and support...




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Back to the current mining situation, I'm waiting for the first miners to come up! I was going to be watching and waiting, but when the first rescuer went down, I had a bit of a panic attack myself seeing that tube going into that little hole and so I'm going to wait for someone to tell me when the first miner comes up so I can see that and hopefully erase the first image from my mind. I guess I'm not cut out for that kind of thing.

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[> [> Re: Chiliean coalminers - "Down Underground" -- BC, 20:47:42 10/12/10 Tue

To me it's a miracle that they are still alive after having been trapped for so long a time!


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