Springhill Mining Disaster

Springhill mining disaster

In the town of Springhill Nova Scotia

Down in the dark 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

In the town of Springhill you don't sleep easy

Often the earth will tremble and roar

When the earth is restless miners die

Bone and blood is the price of coal

Bone and blood is the price of coal

In the town of Springhill Nova Scotia

Late in the year of fifty eight

Day still comes and the sun still shines

But it's dark as the grave in the Cumberland mine

But it's dark as the grave in the Cumberland mine

Listen to the shouts of the barefaced miners

Listen through the rubble rescue team

We have no water or light or bread

So we'll live on song and hope instead

We'll live on song and hope instead

In the town of Springhill Nova Scotia

Down in the dark 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

Of Springhill Nova Scotia

Often the earth will tremble and roar

When the earth is restless miners die

Blood is the price of coal

Bone and blood is the price of coal

Bone and blood is the price of coal