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Uploaded by JdeValer on Apr 17, 2010
Music by Gene Autry. Mary Harris (Mother Jones) was an Organizer for the United Mine Workers. Download available at Amazon.com
The Death of Mother Jones
The world today's in mourning
O'er the death of Mother Jones;
Gloom and sorrow hover
Around the miners' homes.
This grand old champion of labor
Was known in every land;
She fought for right and justice,
She took a noble stand.
O'er the hills and through the valley
In ev'ry mining town;
Mother Jones was ready to help them,
She never turned them down.
On front with the striking miners
She always could be found;
And received a hearty welcome
In ev'ry mining town.
She was fearless of every danger,
She hated that which was wrong;
She never gave up fighting
Until her breath was gone.
This noble leader of labor
Has gone to a better land;
While the hard-working miners,
They miss her guiding hand.
May the miners all work together
To carry out her plan;
And bring back better conditions
For every laboring man.
From Only a Miner, Green
Note: Copyright held by William Callaway: author unknown.
Recorded by Gene Autry in 1931
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she was bon in ireland haha.....she was really pretty as a young woman
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Thank you for posting this! I read about Gene Autry's song but didn't know where to hear it. Excellent images too.
Mother Jones would be on the DO NOT FLY list if she were alive today. Nearly a century ago governors, judges and US governments suspended the US Constitution, using secret rendition, extraordinary prosecutions, and even a military tribunal to try shutting Mother Jone's voice. Public outcry forced her release more than once.
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WOW! I never knew that Gene Autry sang this song. Thank You for posting this.
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Mother Jones wouldn't be afraid to confront coal bosses like Bob Murray & Don Blankenship... She'd give 'em hell !
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I never heard of this woman before. But I'm on her side. And I'm sure she is on mine. No need to ask her "Which Side On You On?"
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Good old Mother Jones one of the best people West Virginia ( my home) has ever seen
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"I met a man in prison once who told me he'd stolen a pair of shoes. I told him that if he had stolen a railroad he would have been a United States senator!" - Mother Jones
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