Ballad Of Springhill (Original Mix) Lyrics
Ballad of Springhill - Ewan MacColl
Composed by：Traditional
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 roll
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
Dark as the
Grave in the Cumberland Mine
Down at the coal face
Miners working
Rattle of the belt
And the cutter's blade
Rumble of the rock
And the walls closed round
The living and the
Dead men two miles down
Living and the
Dead men two miles down
Twelve men lay two miles
From the pitshaft
Twelve men lay in the dark and sang
Long hot days in the miners tomb
It was three feet
High and a hundred long
Three feet
High and a hundred long
Three days passed and
The lamps gave out
And Caleb Rushton he up and said
There's no more water
Nor light nor bread
So we'll live on songs
And hope instead
Live on songs
And hope instead
Listen for the shouts
Of the barefaced miners
Listen thru the rubble
For a rescue team
Six hundred feet
Of coal and slag
Hope imprisoned in
A three-foot seam
Hope imprisoned in
A three-foot seam
Eight days passed and
Some were rescued
Leaving the dead to lie alone
Thru all their lives
They dug their grave
Two miles of earth for
A marking stone
Two miles of earth for
A marking stone