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Come All You Coal Miners

Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Object Details

Performer

Gunning, Sarah Ogan, 1910-1983
Tucker, George, 1917-
Dickens, Hazel, 1935-2011
Workman, Nimrod

Collection Creator

Asch, Moses
Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
Folkways Records

Collection Citation

Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Contents

Black lung (blues) (sung by George Tucker to the tune of Pretty Polly) --Black lung --Don't you want to go to that land (sung by Numrod Workman and the workshop) --Cold blooded murder --Come all you coal miners (trad. tune) -- Both lungs is broke down --Thirty inch coal (sung by Tucker) --Dreadful memories (sung to the tune of Precious memories) --Clay county miner --The N&W train don't stop here no more --That 25 cents that you paid (sung by Gunning) --Mannington mine disaster.

Track Information

101 Black Lung Blues / George Tucker. 102 Black Lung / Hazel Dickens. 103 Don't You Want to Go / Nimrod Workman. 104 Cold Blooded Murder / Hazel Dickens. 105 Come All You Coal Miners / Sarah Ogan Gunning. 106 Both Lungs is Broke Down / Nimrod Workman. 201 Thirty-Inch Coal / George Tucker. 202 Dreadful Memories / Sarah Ogan Gunning. 203 Clay County Miner / Hazel Dickens. 204 The N & W / Nimrod Workman. 205 That Twenty-Five Cents / Sarah Ogan Gunning. 206 Mannington Mine Disaster / Hazel Dickens.
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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk5563df3fa-349c-456e-b6e6-86ff122862d7

Local Numbers

FW-ASCH-LP-1533 FLP.41790 FLP.41790 ;.Rounder.4005

Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint)

Somerville. MA Rounder 1973

General

Durations, biographical notes, and texts (8 p. : ill.) inserted in container. Performer(s): Folk songs; performed principally by their composers, with other artists ; George Tucker, Hazel Dickens, Nimrod Workmen, and Sarah Gunning. Production notes: "Much of the material of this record was recorded at an Appalachian Music Workshop held at the Highlander Center, New Market, Tennessee, in October 1972."

Place

Appalachian Region, Southern -- Songs and music
United States
West Virginia
Washington (D.C.)
Tennessee

Topic

Labor unions -- Songs and music
Folk songs -- United States
Folk songs -- Kentucky
Ballads
Mines and mineral resources
Coal
Appalachian Region
Protest
Struggle

Performer

Gunning, Sarah Ogan, 1910-1983
Tucker, George, 1917-
Dickens, Hazel, 1935-2011
Workman, Nimrod

Culture

Americans
Anglo-American

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Moses and Frances Asch Collection
Moses and Frances Asch Collection / Series 9: Audio Recordings / LP

Function

Labor unions
Labor unions

Extent

1 Phonograph record (analog, 33 1/3 rpm, 12 in.)

Date

1973

Archival Repository

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

Identifier

CFCH.ASCH, Item FW-ASCH-LP-1533

Type

Archival materials
Phonograph records

Collection Rights

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.

Restrictions

Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
CFCH.ASCH_ref16825
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk5563df3fa-349c-456e-b6e6-86ff122862d7
CFCH.ASCH
CFCHFOLKLIFE

Record ID

ebl-1649170801566-1649171785536-0

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