Peter, Paul And Mary - Ballad Of Spring Hill (Spring Hill Disaster) Lyrics
In the town of Spring Hill, Nova Scotia,
Down in the heart of the Cumberland Mine,
There's blood on the coal and miners lie
In the roads that never saw sun or sky
Roads that never saw sun or sky.
Down at the coal face the miner's workin'
Rattle of the belt and the cutter's blade
Crumble of rock and the walls close round
Living and the dead men two miles down
Living and the dead men two miles down
Twelve men lay two miles from the pitshaft
Listen for the drillin' of a rescue team
Six hundred feet of coal and slag
Hope imprisoned in a three-foot seam
Eight days passed and some were rescued
Leaving the dead to lie alone
All their lives they dug their graves
Two miles of earth for a markin' stone
Two miles of earth for a markin' stone
In the town of Spring Hill you don't sleep easy
Often the Earth will tremble and groan
When the Earth is restless, miners die
Bone and blood is the price of coal
Bone and blood is the price of coal
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Peter, Paul And Mary Ballad Of Spring Hill (Spring Hill Disaster) Comments
I first heard this song in '65 at the age of 12 when our music teacher played it, telling us to listen to the words, and I did. I had not paid much attention to the words in songs before that. I became obsessed with the song and its meaning, eventually buying the album from which the song originated, "A Song Will Rise." Where are the Peter, Paul and Marys today?
I used to listen to this and cry to myself as if I were there.