Ballad of Springhill.
by Peggy Seeger and Ewan MacColl.
Sung by Peter, Paul, & Mary.
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1) In the town of Springhill, Nova Scotia
Down in the heart of the Cumberland Mine
There's blood on the coal and the miners lie
In the roads that never saw sun nor sky.
Roads that never saw sun nor sky.
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2) Down at the coalface the miners working
Rattle of the bell - tan the cutter's blade.
Crumble of rock and the walls close round
Living and the dead buried two miles down.
Living and the dead buried two miles down.
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3) 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.
Hope imprisoned in a three-foot seam.
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4) Eight days passed and some were rescued
Leaving the dead to lie alone.
All their lives they dug their grave
Two miles of earth for a marking stone
Two miles of earth for a marking stone
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5) In the town of Springhill you don't sleep easy
Often the earth will tremble and groan
When the earth is restless, miners die
Blood and bone is the price of coal
Bone and blood is the price of coal
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