The Wray Family - (Dark As A Dungeon Way) Down In The Mine / Little Shoes mp3

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The Wray Family - Dark As A Dungeon Way Down In The Mine Lawn L-220, 1963. Sami Saari & Lone Star Dreamers - Violent Love - Продолжительность: 3:05 wangdangdula Recommended for you. Текст песни: Come and listen you fellows, so young and so fine And seek not your fortune in the dark, dreary mines It will form as a habit and seep in your soul 'Till the stream of your blood is as black as the coal. Текст песни: Oh come all you young fellers so young and so fine Seek not your fortune in a dark dreary mine Itll form as a habit and seep in your soul Till the stream of your blood runs as black as the A E It's dark as a dungeon way down in the mine. E Like a fiend with his dope, A B And a drunkard with his wine E A E A man will have lust for the lure of the mine. A B And, I pray when I'm dead and the ages shall roll. E A E That my body would blacken and turn into coal. A B Then I'll look from the door of my heavenly home. E And pity the miner digging my bones. B A E Where it's dark as a dungeon, damp as the dew B A E Danger is double, pleasures are few. A B Where the rain never falls, the sun never shines. E A E It's dark as a dungeon way down. Dark As A Dungeon. Come all you young fellers, so young and so fine And seek not your fortunes way down in the mine It will form like a habit and seep in your soul 'Til the stream of your blood flows as black as the coal. It's dark as a dungeon and damp as the dew Where the dangers are double and the pleasures are few Where the rain never falls and the sun never shines It's dark as a dungeon way down in the mines. There is many a man I have seen in my day Who lived just to labor his whole life away Like the fiend with his dope and the drunkard his wine A man will hav. Dark as a Dungeon is a song written by singer-songwriter Merle Travis. It is a lament about the danger and drudgery of being a coal miner in a shaft mine. It has become a rallying song among miners seeking improved working conditions. The song achieved much of its fame when it was performed by Johnny Cash in his Folsom Prison concert At Folsom Prison. During this live performance, one of the prisoners in the background was laughing, and Cash started to chuckle. He gently admonished the man, No. Dark As A Dungeon Lyrics: It's as dark as a dungeon way down in the mine. I never will forget one time when I was on a little visit down home in Ebenezer, Kentucky. I was a-talkin' to an old man that. Album Joan Baez in San Francisco. Dark As A Dungeon Lyrics. It's as dark as a dungeon way down in the mine. I was a-talkin' to an old man that had known me ever since the day I was born, and an old friend of the family. The remain of a miner in the salt mines of Hallstatt, Austria Nikon CoolPix L820, f4. 3, 130 sec. ISO 200. The remain of a miner in the salt mines of Hallstatt, Austria. Nikon CoolPix L820, f4. Deep Down Dark book. When the San Jos mine collapsed outside of Copiap, Chile, in Augu. Above ground, a massive rescue effort was under way, involving help and donations from multiple countries. It took weeks to drill down to where the men were, and then to make the hole wide enough so they could be rescued. There are so many good stories in this book. Temperatures in the mine in certain places reached as high as 122 degrees with up to 98 humidity. Merle Travis. Still for those, from the coal mining regions, it was often the only way to earn enough money to feed a family. I decided to try my hand at 'Dark as a dungeon' to see if I could capture that dark feeling in this piece. I hope that you will enjoy this cover. Country cover. Seems a little quiet over here. Related tracks. View all