The Ballad Of Springhill chords by Martin Carthy

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Verse 1
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In the town of  Spring Hill,
Nova Scotia,
Deep in the heart of the
Cumberland mine,
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There's blood on the coal
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and the miners lie,
In roads that never saw sun nor sky,
Roads that never saw sun nor sky.
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In the town of Spring Hill
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you don't sleep easy
Often the earth would tremble and roll
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When 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
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in the Cumberland mine
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Down had the coal
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-faced miners working
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Rattle of the belts and
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the cutter blades
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Then a rumble of rock
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and the walls closed round
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Living and the dead
men two miles down
Living and the dead men
two miles down
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Twelve men lay two miles
from the pitch shaft
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Twelve men lay in the dark and silent
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Long hot days in the miners' tombs
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Three foot wide by a hundred long
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Three foot wide by a hundred long
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Three days passed
and the lights came out
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When Caleb rushed an' he up an' said
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There's no more wa ter,
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nor light, nor bread
So we'll live on songs
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an' hope instead
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Live on songs and hope instead
Listen for the shouts of the bare
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faced miners
Listen through the rubble
for the rescue team
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Six hundred feet of coal and slag
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Hope imprisoned in a three foot seam
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Hope imprisoned in a three -foot seam
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Eight days passed
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and some were rescued
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Leaving the rest to die alone
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Through all their lives they dug a grave
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Two miles of earth for a marking stone
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Two miles of earth for a marking stone