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Guys well we are getting another lesson on how dangerous minining is today.

I was listening to radio the other day to another great mining song "16 Tons" by Tennesse Williams.

May God bless them with a sucessful rescue.

That's a good song. Anyone care to try to write a military parody?

Some people say a man is made outta mud.
A poor man's made outta muscle and blood.
Muscle and blood, skin and bones;
A mind that's weak and a back that's strong.

You load sixteen tons an' what do you get?
Another day older deeper and debt.
St Peter don't you call me I cause can't go:
I owe my soul to the company store.

Well, I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine.
I picked up a shovel, Iwalked out to the mine.
I loaded sixteen tons of Number 9 coal,
An' the store boss said: "Well, bless my soul."

You load sixteen tons an' what do you get?
Another day older deeper and debt.
St Peter don't you call me I cause can't go:
I owe my soul to the company store.

Well, I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain.
Fightin' an' trouble are my middle name.
I was raised in the canebreak by an old mama lion,
Can't no high-toned woman makes me walk the line.

You load sixteen tons an' what do you get?
Another day older deeper and debt.
St Peter don't you call me I cause can't go:
I owe my soul to the company store.

Well, if you see me comin', better step aside.
A lotta men didn't; a lotta men died.
One fist of iron, the other of steel.
If the right one don't get you, then the left one will.

You load sixteen tons an' what do you get?
Another day older deeper and debt.
St Peter don't you call me I cause can't go:
I owe my soul to the company store.

Ignorance may be bliss, but it sure ain't fun!

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Evil is evil, no matter how small.

Gifted it is the voice mr williams that makes this song. But the words really show how hard mining used to be were the company took every turn to screw the miner and make them in debted.

You know some of these mines used to pay workers with their own money which could only be used at the company store. This practice used to be common in many industries.

Matt, dont you mean Tennesse Ernie Ford?

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Gravity....its not just a good idea, its the law.

oops I stand correct oh great one lol

Maybe this one is good also?



Big John
Big John

Every mornning at the mine, you could see him arrive.
He stood 6 foot 6, weighed 245.
Kind of broad at the shoulders, narrow at the hip.
And everybody knew you didn't give no lip to Big John.

Big John
Big John
Big Bad John
Big John

Nobody seemed to know where John called home
He just drifted into town and stayed all alone.
He didn't say much, kind of quiet and shy
And if you spoke at all, you'd just said hi to Big John.
Somebody said he came from New Orleans,
Where he got into a fight over a Cajun Queen.
And a crash and a blow from a huge right hand,
sent a Lousiana fella to the promise land.

Big John
Big John
Big bad John
Big John

Then came the day at the bottom of the mine,
when a timber cracked and men started crying.
Minors were praying, and hearts beat fast
and everybody thought they had breathed thier last
cept' John.
Through the dust and the smoke of this man made hell,
walked a giant of a man that the minors knew well.
Grabbed a sagging timber and gave out with a groan,
and like a giant oak tree he just stood there alone, Big John

Big John
Big John
Big Bad John
Big John

And with all of his strength, he gave a mighty shove.
Then a minor yelled out, 'theres a light up above!'.
And 20 men scrambled from a 'would be' grave
now theres only one left down there to save, Big John.
With jacks and timbers, they started back down,
then came that rumble way down in the ground.
And as smoke and gas smelched out of that mine,
everybody knew it was the end of the line, for Big John.

Big John
Big John
Big Bad John
Big John

Now they never re-opend that wortheless pit,
they just placed a marble stand in front of it.
These few words are written on that stand,
'At the bottom of this mine, lies one Hell of a man, Big John'

Big John
Big John
Big Bad John
Big John.


Fender
"A woman drove me to drink
and I hadn't even the courtesy to thank her".
W.C. Fields

Used to listen to these on the turntable as a kid... trying to play airguitar... HAHAHAHA

"The greatest pleasure is to vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth, to see their near and dear bathed in tears, to ride their horses and sleep on the white bellies of their wives and daughters."
-Genghis Khan

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\"A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week. \"

George S. Patton

Tennessee Ernie is cool. I've heard the song before, and know what it means(hence why I posted the lyrics). God bless.

Ignorance may be bliss, but it sure ain't fun!

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Evil is evil, no matter how small.

You know there are just some american workingmen who inspire such songs and pride. Some of you have called me brave for the hurricane work I did, others quite rightly have accused me of being nuts, but I never never ever could be coached into a mine. These are are special men through who's work our nation gets vital energy. I am very proud to call them my countrymen, but again I never could even approach their job on a daily basis.

I think we should thank those civilian and military who do those vital things that make us able to pursue freedom.