865. Lawrence Jones (Si Kahn)

Si Kahn, a North Carolina-based union organizer, writes hard-hitting political songs. This one, about the hazards of coal mining, is set to the tune of "Pretty Polly", which was also used by Woody Guthrie for "Pastures of Plenty" and by Dylan for "The Ballad of Hollis Brown".

Thanks to Tony Oppegard for introducing this song to me.

You can see a playlist of my mining songs here: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=CF909DA14CE415DF

For lyrics and chords of my songs, see my website: http://www.raymondcrooke.com

Category:

Music

Tags:

• folk
• song
• coal
• mining
• union
• harlan
• county
• pretty
• polly
• pastures
• of
• plenty
• hollis
• brown
• tony
• oppegard

[ilyenz]

I love Australien! Great talk, thank you from Vienna, Austria

[raymondcrooke]

@ilyenz Thanks for watching and commenting.

[TheFolksinger]

Thanks for singing and playing it, and also for the helpful notes and comments.

[raymondcrooke]

@TheFolksinger You're welcome. Thanks for checking out my current feature video.

[Tony2581]

Raymond -- Thanks so much for covering this powerful song!  Mary Middleton of Evarts, Harlan County, KY - who is Lawrence Jones' niece - will be pleased to hear your excellent version! Best wishes, Tony

[raymondcrooke]

You're welcome, Tony. Sorry for the late reply.

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks, Marco.

[marcoacca]

Wonderful rendition, Raymond.

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks again, Gari.

[raymondcrooke]

Thanks for your kind words, Johnny.