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struggle4progress

(118,278 posts) Fri Jul 19, 2013, 08:02 PM Jul 2013

You'll never leave Harlan alive

... but the times they got hard and tobacco wasn't selling
and ole granddad knew what he'd do to survive
he went and dug for harlan coal
sent the money back to granma
but he never left harlan alive ...

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You'll never leave Harlan alive (Original Post) struggle4progress Jul 2013 OP

with a hat tip to the guy that wrote it: Darrell Scott Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2013 #1

i'd ask you to tell him i think it's a really great song but he's heard that from better than me struggle4progress Jul 2013 #4

he's a pretty humble dude ... will take that appreciation and no need Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2013 #5

The real meaning of that song Lee-Lee Jul 2013 #2

I have three versions on my iPod hack89 Jul 2013 #3

Patty Loveless Version: Her voice is perfect for this lament ... panzerfaust Jul 2013 #6

Every time I watch Justified, I think of that song. alarimer Jul 2013 #7

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)

1. with a hat tip to the guy that wrote it: Darrell Scott

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Fri Jul 19, 2013, 09:58 PM

Jul 2013

... gotta give credit, as he is a friend o' mine

struggle4progress

(118,278 posts)

4. i'd ask you to tell him i think it's a really great song but he's heard that from better than me

Reply to Tuesday Afternoon (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 19, 2013, 10:16 PM

Jul 2013

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)

5. he's a pretty humble dude ... will take that appreciation and no need

Reply to struggle4progress (Reply #4)

Fri Jul 19, 2013, 10:30 PM

Jul 2013

to ask about a better man s4p ....those mountains are so high they have to pipe in the sunshine

Lee-Lee

(6,324 posts)

2. The real meaning of that song

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Fri Jul 19, 2013, 10:00 PM

Jul 2013

didn't hit me until I actually visited Harlan.

hack89

(39,171 posts)

3. I have three versions on my iPod

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Fri Jul 19, 2013, 10:04 PM

Jul 2013

Patty Loveless, Darrell Scott, and Brad Paisley

panzerfaust

(2,818 posts)

6. Patty Loveless Version: Her voice is perfect for this lament ...

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sun Jul 28, 2013, 07:49 AM

Jul 2013

... and her father a coal miner.

alarimer

(16,245 posts)

7. Every time I watch Justified, I think of that song.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sun Jul 28, 2013, 05:16 PM

Jul 2013

I think they played it in an episode. If they haven't, they need to.

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