Whew, about to slip down! - Mining Songs.

What has happened to good old mining disaster songs? Once a staple of popular culture, the tragic mining song is gone, with no replacement to be found. To fill this void lets revisit a few:
1. The Buoys -Song Lyrics from the 70s

"Trapped in a mine that had caved in
And everyone knows the only ones left
Were Joe and me and Tim
When they broke through to pull us free
The only ones left to tell the tale
Were Joe and me
Timothy, Timothy, where on earth did you go?
Timothy, Timothy, God why don't I know?'
- Answer: You blacked out and don't remember eating him, its a suppressed memory thing.

2. Working In A Coal Mine - by Lee Dorsey
Goin down, down, down, down. Lord he is soooo tired. How long can this go on?
A lot of questions in these songs. A fabulous song.

3. 1941 New York Coal Mining Disisater - The Beegees 1967

"Have you seen my wife Mr. Jones?
Do you know what its like on the outside?
Don't go talking too loud, you'll cause a landslide, Mr Jones."
- Again with the questions!
This was their first top 10 hit. They sounded like the Beatles, and the record was in close proximity on the record shelves.

4. Big John - BIG BAD JOHN. - Jimmy Dean

Then came that rumble way down in the ground
And the smoke and gas belched out of the mine
Everybody knew it way the end of the line for Big John
(Big John Big John) Big Bad John (Big John)
Now they never reopened that worthless pit
They just placed a marbled stand in front of it
These few words're written on that stand
At the bottom of this mine lies a big big man Big John
(Big John Big John) Big Bad John

And today you can buy Jimmy's sausage, original or maple flavored straight from the freezer case.

5. A Coal Miner's Daughter - Loretta Lynn

Well, I was born a coal miner's daughter
In a cabin on a hill in Butcher Holler
We were poor but we had love
That's the one thing my Daddy made sure of
He shoveled coal to make a poor man's dollar

Only a coal miner's daughter could rhyme Daughter and holler. No questions here.