Forty-Two Years ---- A Original Song about COAL MINING and BLACK LUNG DISEASE=Nimrod Workman

This song was written quite some years ago by my wife's Grandfather-- Nimrod Workman. He Was a well known Appalachain Folk Singer/Song Writer, and had travelled extensively in the USA. In the later part of his singing career- he was booked and Sung Live- at the Worlds Fair (booked for 2 strait weeks) in Knoxville Tenn. He Was Instrumental in helping Lobby/and Sing at Rallies for the UMWA and Coal Miners {Black Lung}Rights/Bill. Having sung for Queen Elizabeth, and also on the Johnny Carson Show, and also had a part in the Movie called (Coal Miners Daughter)-based on the Life of Loretta Lynn

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Music

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• Folk
• UMWA
• Coal Miners Black Lung
• Festival Singer
• Nimrod Workman
• Loretta Lynn

[CountryBoyYes]

Thanks everyone for you comments. I considered myself a friend of the Late Nimrod Workman. I used to play my banjo for him when I was a very young man. I think of him a lot of times, and thought I would put some of his songs on here, etc. I am married to one of his grandaughters-Sharon

[muddytugriver]

My father died of black lung in 1984 - he started in the mines picking slate at age 9. My mom remarried and my stepfather died of black lung in 2009. My grandfather's leg was cut off at the knee from a rock fall in Keystone #1, McDowell Co. WV, and died of cancer and had advanced black lung. The rest of my family spent most of their life in the coal mines in WV. My grandfather on my stepdad's side spent time as a child in one of the tent cities in Mingo county.

[carinagillon]

love this

[IvantheRevelator]

God bless Nimrod. I got a song on my channel about coal mining--check it out! It's good. It's a GOOD song.

[billy2rivers1]

Ha yes buddy its the same the whole world over, my old grandad came home from gallipoli in 1915 straight back to the coal face .The war couldnt kill him but the black lung did'

[ArkRed1]

I'm surprised Nimrod lived as long as he did having black lung. Typical big company crap. Deny anything that might cost the company a dollar and make things better for their employees. Human lives mean nothing. All the big company CEO's care about is getting richer. So some workers die on the job or later from exposure to harsh air or chemicals. They could care less. There's plenty more who can take their place. When will it end, when will it end?

[79797937]

damn......daddy worked for peabody #13 black mtn ky .....God Bless

[mathbsound]

this is so raw and full of soul

a man of hard times you can hear it in his voice

[TerryFree3]

Brilliant!...thanks so much for sharing something which could have so easily been lost.

[infinity2012shelter]

I worked in a rock quarry for two years and watched the driller surrounded with rock dust as he would smoke pall malls so it is a special breed of man that works the mines. This driller told me that he was a chuck tender up to the day the driller he tended for drilled in to a live hole that was the end of the driller so he took his place a few days later after he recovered from his own wounds

[pennymcintosh]

I am so happy to have found these. I first heard Nimrod on a show called the Woodwinds radio show in lexington. I fell in love with Nimrod immediately. i just wish I could have met him.