A Mighty Wind movie - Blood On The Coal lyrics

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Song by The Folksmen<br /><br>

It was April 27 in the year of 91<br>

Bout a mile below the surface and the warm kentucky sun<br>

The late shift was ending and the early shift was late.<br>

The foreman ate his dinner on a dirty tin plate<br>

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(Chorus:)<br>

Blood on the tracks, blood in the mine, <br>

Brothers and sisters what a terrible time. <br>

Ole 97 went in the wrong hole, <br>

Now my number 60 has blood on the coal, <br>

Blood on the coal, blood on the coal.<br>

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The slag pits were steamin' it was 7:25, <br>

Every miner worked the coal face, <br>

Every one of them alive<br>

The train came round the corner, <br>

You could hear the tressel groan, <br>

But the switcher wasn't listnin' so he left the switch alone!<br>

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(Chorus)<br>

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The walls began to tremble and the men began to yell, <br>

You could hear that lonesome whistle like an echo out...well<br>

They dropped their picks and shovels and to safety they did run, <br>

For to stay among the living in the year of 91!<br>

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(Chorus)<br>

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An Irishman named Murphy said "I'll stop that iron horse!" <br>

And he stood to thrwart it's passage, <br>

And it crushed him dead of course.<br>

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And I hope he hears the irony when e're this tale is told, <br>

The train that took his life was burning good<br>

Kentucky coal, Hey!<br>

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(Chorus)<br>

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