Sprinkle Coal Dust On My Grave by Orville J. Jenks (UMWA)

"Don't forget me little darling when they lay me down to rest.
Tell my brothers all these loving words I say.
Let the flowers be forgotten.
Sprinkle coal dust on my grave in remembrance of the UMWA."
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[@OliveOilFan]

I’m calling it, this is gonna be in some movie or game and a lot of people are gonna come here because of that

[@chriscepticon7054]

I hope to see this comment when this becomes true.

[@user-uc8pl2nr7n]

Gonna come here before that!

[@SuperBlackHurricane]

+1

[@pacorodriguez9829]

Just came here after hearing this featured in a video called "Why the poorest county in West Virginia has faith in Donald Trump". Looks like you were right!

[@carterwilson6017]

For real

[@hoscalereadingrailroadhobb6314]

Family members on both my Mother's and Father's side worked in the Antheracite Mines in Schuylkill County Pennsylvania. I know my mother's Grandfather worked for the John's Eagle Colliery/Herbine Colliery (Later St. Clair Coal Company) after him and his wife moved from Ukraine to St. Clair Pennsylvania during 1918. His son worked for one of the local Antheracite Mines near St. Clair Pennsylvania as a equipment operator before enlisting to the Marine Corps during the outbreak of WW2. I don't know alot unfortunately about my Dad's Grandfather, but from what I was told he also worked at the St. Clair Coal Mine. My one cousin currently works for a company that Mines Antheracite Coal for a PowerPlant in Schuylkill County Pennsylvania.
God Bless our Coal Miners🙏

[@reynardsimorangkir8257]

I'm just an old coal miner
And I labored for my bread;
This story in my memory I hear told;
For the sake of wife and baby
How a miner risks his life
For the price of just a little lump of coal.
Mother Jones is not forgotten
By the miners of this field,
She's gone to rest above, God bless her soul;
Tried to lead the boys to victory.
But was punished here in jail,
For the price of just a little lump of coal.
When a man has toiled and labored
'Til his life it's almost gone,
Then the operator thinks he's just a fool:
They sneak around and fire him
Just because he's growing old,
And swear they caught him breaking company rules.
Don't forget me, little darling,
When they lay me down to rest,
Tell my brothers all these loving words I say;
Let the flowers be forgotten,
Sprinkle coal dust on my grave
In remembrance of the UMWA.

[@reynardsimorangkir8257]

Cant find the lyrics video anywhere, so just put it here

[@torrov]

You absolutely butchered the lyrics, missing stanzas, and the stanzas that are there are not in correct order

[@channelisclosedbye7352]

This is bone-chilling. Marvellous music.

[@pmullet3789]

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[@lennysglue]

This is possibly one of the finest pieces of recorded music in existence.

[@lesterjohntalde296]

im 22 i dont even live in America but I really like this song... wish to live in WV even for a day. someone help me lol I'm broke af money here doesn't come easy.

[@Blankenboom77]

Trust me if you are broke you would fit right in in West Virginia. I work in a state where minimum wage is high and when I visited my aunts house there for a month I felt like I was a king with how far my dollar went. West Virginia is definitely one of the cheapest states to live in

[@lesterjohntalde296]

@@Blankenboom77 damn i forgot to reply to your comment but yeah im saving money rn trying to get and live there for a week might do a little vlog about it. I really like the place the mountains its like that place was made for me❤️

[@tomaschazarreta1263]

That 1 person who disliked isnt about that coal miner life

[@mrbrotater2592]

Dam right

[@lestertalde9707]

this song makes me feel like im in 70's or what

[@nathanzhou1162]

This one came out in 30s when coal mining was near its peak

[@Blankenboom77]

Yeah the 1870s

[@chasenorthcott6143]

An incredible piece of music 🎶

[@Dew2Much]

Working class music, I love it!

[@doctorjackyll]

God what a great song

[@cancerous_memes5586]

If I was a coal miner I’d play this or sing this

[@klutzin9781]

i swear if this isn’t in fallout 76.

[@disobediencedisobedience1086]

Klutzin horrible game its not even fallout 😂😂😂 but yeah this should be there

[@kennewicksheri]

" for a little lump of coal "

[@jondale7117]

Awww...

[@shelbyrayne5893]

Thank you for this wonderful music

[@tylerwagner1462]

I remember diggin coal up early in the mornings with my dog skip, playin this old tune

[@nathanzhou1162]

What a track

[@garretttaggart2771]

This song go dummedly hard ngl

[@gegikokhreidze572]

2019 like

[@kjbclassics9949]

Dope

[@laseourable]

I don't understand, you're giving a derogatory comment? Are you really George Soros? These guys of anyone in our country's history deserve empathy. I don't understand, can you clarify yourself please?

[@nathanzhou1162]

@@laseourable theres literally nothing derogatory about his comment though?

[@SurajVanVerma]

Found this gem, Before it explode.

[@millionjillion]

Is this on Spotify

[@torrov]

Im surprised how this didnt end up in fallout 76

[@igu35s]

The Original Grand pappy would call this old school.
The they in _as they say_ would call this old school.
God was probably playing this in the background as he ushered into existence the physical laws into the universe; Einstein's mass-energy equivalence, Turbulence, General theory, Heisenberg's Uncertainty...

[@superatlit9567]

That poorest county have faith in trump brought you here

[@SaraLevins]

😅

[@gegikokhreidze572]

სოლიდარობა ჭიათურას

[@jerrywilliams4442]

This music sounds like Mexican music.

[@noecazares2144]

Sounds good to me.

[@jerrywilliams4442]

This the equivalent of the “country” Mexican regional music.

[@noecazares2144]

Yes indeed.

[@IdiotBoxProductionsTV]

Jerry Williams idc as long as it’s in English

[@pikminpuck8015]

Skrillex is better

[@IdiotBoxProductionsTV]

Pikmin Puck hsart

[@JB-mh5xy]

Damn. 105 Gross, 35 net after they took it all...
Fuck's sake...
Is it ever going to get better?

[@fla9444]

👌2 good