Springhill Mining Disaster

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In the town of Springhill, Nova Scotia
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Down in the dark of the Cumberland Mine
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There's blood on the coal and the miners lie
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In the roads that never saw sun nor sky
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Roads that never saw sun nor sky

[Verse 2]

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In the town of Springhill, you don't sleep easy
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Often the earth will tremble and roll
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When the earth is restless, miners die
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Bone and blood is the price of coal.
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Bone and blood is the price of coal.

[Verse 3]

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In the town of Springhill, Nova Scotia
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Late in the year of fifty eight
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The day still comes and the sun still shines
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But it's dark as the grave in the Cumberland mine.
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Dark as the grave in the Cumberland mine.

[Verse 4]


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Three days past and the lamps gave out
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And Caleb Rushton got up and and said
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We have no more water, or light, or bread
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So we'll live on song and hope instead.
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live on song and hope instead

[Verse 5]

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Listen for the shouts of the black faced miners
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Listen thru the rubble for a rescue team
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Three hundred ton of coal and slag
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Hope imprisoned in a three foot seam.
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Hope imprisoned in a three foot seam.

[Verse 6]

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Twelve days passed and some were rescued
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Leaving the dead to lie alone
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Thru all their days they dug their grave
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Two miles of earth for a marking stone
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Two miles of earth for a marking stone.