The Springhill Mining Disaster-Luke Kelly

[ti:Springhill Mining Disaster] [ar:Luke Kelly] [al:Luke's Legacy] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Springhill Mining Disaster - Luke Kelly [00:12.52]In the town of springhill nova scotia [00:19.32]Down in the dark of the cumberland mine [00:26.38]There's blood on the coal [00:29.29]And the miners lie [00:34.26]In roads that never saw sun or sky [00:40.56]Roads that never saw sun or sky [00:47.90] [00:50.48]In the town of springhill you don't sleep easy [00:56.88]Often the earth will tremble and roll [01:03.27]When the earth is restless miners die [01:11.23]Bone and blood is the price of coal [01:16.89]Bone and blood is the price of coal [01:23.89] [01:26.44]In the town of springhill nova scotia [01:32.69]Late in the year of '58 [01:39.77]The day still comes and the sun still shines [01:46.84]But it's dark as the grave in the cumberland mine [01:52.61]Dark as the grave in the cumberland mine [02:00.07] [02:02.89]Three days past when the lamps gave out [02:07.85]And kaela brushton got up and said [02:15.30]We've no more water or light or bread [02:22.23]So we'll live on songs and hope instead [02:28.87]Live on songs and hope instead [02:36.58] [02:39.45]Listen for the shouts of the black face miners [02:44.96]Listen through the rubble for the rescue teams [02:51.64]Three hundred tonnes of coal and slag [02:59.50]Hope imprisoned in a three foot seam [03:05.03]Hope imprisoned in a three foot seam [03:12.92] [03:15.35]Twelve days past and some were rescued [03:21.08]Leaving the dead to lie alone [03:27.61]Through all their live they dug a grave [03:35.32]Two miles of earth is a marking stone [03:40.95]Two miles of earth is a marking stone