Name: Black Mining Co.
Duration: P00H03M35S
Description: Song about the danger of working in the mines. Especially in the early days.

Black Mining Co.

from A Taste of LQR by LQR

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Song about the danger of working in the mines. Especially in the early days.

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The whistle marks the end of the day,
The graveyard shift takes over, we can’t have no delay.
We’ve got to keep on digging - deeper underground.
Always keep on digging till the black gold is found.

With a pick-axe I’m digging my way,
Illumination was poor, either night or day.
The work was hard and dangerous, the risk was compensated.
But dying in your forties makes it highly overrated.

Falling debris and blackdamp explosions
It’s a common tragedy.
Every day, we’re risking our lives.
For The Black Mining Company
For The Black Mining Company
For The Black Mining Company

I’m glad we had our Davy-lamps to protect us down below.
Every day dust fills my lungs and makes them black as coal.

1877 Blantyre, Scotland: 207 miners died by an explosion
1906 Courriere, France: 1099 miners died by in a collapsing mineshaft
1907 Monongah, USA: 362 miners died by an firedamp explosion
1942 Benxihu, China: 1549 miners died by an dust explosion
1945 El Teniente, Chile; 355 miners died by Carbon Monoxide

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from A Taste of LQR, released February 28, 2014
Written by Arjan Bogaerts, Wim van Doren & LQR

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How does a bottle of whiskey taste if you have six true musicians doing their thing? How's rock 'n' roll as these same guys mix their passion for Irish folk, steaming Americana and solid rock to a swinging cocktail?

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Barrel-Aged

Aug 2020
10 Pinter

Jan 2016
A Taste of LQR

Feb 2014
Boxpok

Jan 2012

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