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If You Mine That Old Black Coal

from Mid​-​Continental Blues by T. R. Munday

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This song has a palm muted bass line and a percussive finger-picked melody to give the music a distinctive style.
Coal mining is more than just a vocation, it's often a way of life. Underground miners, whether they work in a 30" low shelf mine or another type of operation are labor heroes, they go down underground and wrestle riches from underneath the earth and have inspired many songs over the years, not only in the USA but wherever they mine that old black coal.

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If You Mine That Old Black Coal
T R Munday
Copyright 2018

If you mine that old black coal
If you mine that old black coal
It gets in your body and soul
If you mine that old black coal

Safety first in an underground mine
Safety first in an underground mine
Think about that all the time
If you mine that old black coal

The creaks and groans deep underground
The creeks and groans deep underground
In your dreams you'll hear those sounds
If you mine that old black coal

By the foot or by the ton
By the foot or by the ton
What's that worth when your life is done
If you mine that old black coal

Rock drills ringing inside your ears
Rock drills ringing inside your ears
Hear that noise for the rest of your years
If you mine that old black coal

Blackened lungs and shortened breath
Blackened lungs and shortened breath
They'll be yours until your death
If you mine that old black coal

Twenty-five years in an underground mine
Twenty-five years in an underground mine
That's a long, long time without sunshine
If you mine that old black coal

If you mine that old black coal
If you mine that old black coal
It gets in your body and soul
If you mine that old black coal

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from Mid​-​Continental Blues, released August 1, 2018
photo: Wikimedia Commons or other public domain historical source

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T. R. Munday Chicago, Illinois

If you enjoy the Blues, check out Anni Piper's vocals and her great bass guitar: annipiper.bandcamp.com

T. R. Munday resides in Northern Illinois, by way of Texas and California.
Musically, he has been most influenced by Mississippi John Hurt, Johnny Cash, and a whole host of Mississippi Delta and Chicago Bluesmen. ... more

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