For the folks in West Virginia grieving their lost miners

[foxfeet]

Emmylou Harris and Mary Black: "Green Rolling Hills"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wp2cmL-gEM

[Inchworm]

1. Which Side are You on Boys?

Peat Seeger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iAIM02kv0g

Has a personal meaning, but it is apropos

:patriot:

[foxfeet]

2. Nice! And very fitting.

Thanks!

[Inchworm]

4. No, thank you!

I got more, but I am in a music mood and will clog up your thread :rofl:

:yourock:

[Gormy Cuss]

3. "Lydia" by Karen Poston.

Lydia
(c) 2000 Karen Poston / Pistolgirl Music BMI
All Rights Reserved

Lydie lit a cigarette today
ancient fumbling fingers in her way
from a forty year old coffee cup
she sipped a bit of gin
closed her eyes and let the memories in

She lived on the old place all alone
kept in touch with neighbors by the phone
grew herbs upon the graves of her firstborn and his father
and the coal trucks never bothered her

oh Lydie let him go the boy is gone
Her mother struggled and she tore him from her arms
Oh Lydia your tears are heavens rain
and she never was the same

A cotton dress and satin shoes
Indian summer sun dressed in amber hues
A spin in time with a coal miners son
to an old time fiddle tune

The months blew by just like a breeze that year
They wed in June and by the fall a boy was here
Word come up from Big Stone there's a fire in the mine
and eleven men they couldn't find

Oh Lydie let him go the boy is gone
Her mother struggled and she tore him from her arms
Oh Lydia your tears are heavens rain
And she never was the same

She watched them pull him from the hole
The overalls he wore were blackened by the smoke
Lydia twice had had this dream and twice it had come true
When she saw his father's boots she knew

Oh Lydie let him go the boy is gone
Her mother struggled and she tore him from her arms
Oh Lydia , your tears are heavens rain
And she never was the same

Lydie lit a cigarette today
Ancient fumbling fingers in her way
From a forty year old coffee cup she sipped a bit of gin
Closed her eyes and let the memories in


(c) 2000 Karen Poston / Pistolgirl Music BMI
All Rights Reserved
http://www.musicroom.org/KarenPoston/

[foxfeet]

5. That's heartbreaking. I'm not familiar with Karen Poston.

I'll have to check her out.

[Gormy Cuss]

6. Slaid Cleaves covered this song on his CD "Brokedown"

and I recommend both of these Austin-based songwriters.

eta: IIRC, Poston wrote this story based on a relative's experiences.

[Inchworm]

7. *sniff*

Can't get it to play the song and not on YouTube.

It "looks" pretty though.

:hi:

[Gormy Cuss]

8. there's no audio at the link for this song

and there's no youtube of it with anyone singing it. I have the CD. This song is hauntingly beautiful.

[Inchworm]

9. You are a genius

And I'm certain you can "make it so" lol

:hug:

:D

[KG]

19. Slaid Cleaves version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PGGlepa-_U

[Inchworm]

10. I want to give

;)

Johnny Cash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drsMyeXzLSo&feature=related

"...these expressions.. I never give."

:beer:

[Inchworm]

11. Maybe the same "session"

but fitting.

Iris Demint
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FikZwgj89HI

:hug:

[Old Troop]

12. You know the pigs from Westboro Baptist

plan to protest at the funerals. Right?

[foxfeet]

13. Yep. And it's NOT going over well with the locals.

Counter-demonstrations have been planned for several communities, including the state capital, Charleston. See link below for more info:
http://www.wvablue.com/diary/5716/stop-the-hate-rally-in-charleston-today

(WV Blue is a liberal blog and a good one. It is noteworthy that many groups have united in their opposition to WBC despite differences on other issues. Even the state Chamber of Commerce has stepped up.)

[Mopar151]

15. Please don't compare them to swine!

A pig is worth far more than a Westboro Phelps...

[Petrushka]

18. Some of the links in this thread contain videos --->

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8122036

[necso]

14. "Coal, Black Gold",

The Country Gentlemen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7br7L_lWiY

"You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive", Patty Loveless: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3IrnNAweM0#

Grandaddy worked in the coal mines.

[Mopar151]

16. Dark as a Dungeon

Country Gentlemen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s3_1OcFSHQ&feature=related
Tennesee Ernie Ford
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No8H5BgWOok&feature=related
16 tons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Br7fWxnB8o
Natalie Merchant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeKYVxvzKcU&feature=related

Rebel Diaz - which side
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Dr05tXktSo&feature=PlayList&p=D9055CB87FB8221F&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=17

[Petrushka]

17. Thank you! And . . . here's one by an ole downstate buddy, Elaine Purkey --->

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WczCJySAD2E