1313. Upper Big Branch Disaster (Poor Miner's Farewell) -- by SirCoughsalot

[MyMoppet52]

Your song is excellent! The wording is incorrect. It is NOT an accident. It is negligence by the owners!!!! They even found a collateral damage assessment by the owners as to how much they would lose by shutting down the mines & making the federal mandated repairs and by the potential lawsuits of dead miners families. The lawsuits won (on the financial side), so repairs were not made. That is not an accident. It's always the same. It's cheaper to pay families of dead miners than to make repairs.

[raymondcrooke]

@MyMoppet52 Good comment. Maybe "some accident" should be seen as ironic ...

[marcoacca]

That's great too, Raymond. Thanks.

[raymondcrooke]

@marcoacca Thanks, Marco.

[Tony2581]

Excellent job, Raymond! I appreciate your efforts in informing folks about the dangers of mining by singing such great songs! All the best, Tony

[raymondcrooke]

@Tony2581 Thanks, Tony. SirCoughsalot did a great job in writing this one. By the way, I sang "Big Coal" at Folk Club last night.

[123azfiq]

ooh, i first to like. keep up the good work Raymond. hopefully i'll be watching all your videos. i didnt subbed for nothing... =D

[raymondcrooke]

@123azfiq That will keep you busy! Can you really watch all 1313 of my videos?? I look forward to your comments.

[123azfiq]

@raymondcrooke i mean not ALL your videos. i've seen most of the videos especially the songs by Sudirman. i'll be watching your videos as soon as its uploaded...

[raymondcrooke]

@123azfiq Yes, that makes sense. I think anyone trying to watch all my videos wouldn't have much time to do anything else!

[lethe51]

real nice/ interesting. very strong vocals. Thanks!

[raymondcrooke]

@lethe51 Thanks. Glad you liked it.

[SirCoughsalot]

I really like what you've done with it here. I enjoyed your variations on the melody. You really make me feel the emotion here; it's quite a moving performance. Thanks for doing this song, Raymond. I hope it reaches people all around the world.

[raymondcrooke]

@SirCoughsalot Thanks for this excellent song. It's a worthy addition to my collection of mining songs.

[Irelandrobert]

hi, Raymond, nice song well sung good tribute to the men

take care catch you later

Robert

[raymondcrooke]

@Irelandrobert Thanks, Robert. SirCoughsalot is writing some good songs.