The Sons of Molly McGuire

[struggle4progress]

Last edited Sat Jul 20, 2013, 09:02 PM - Edit history (1)

when the wind blows cold at night past the breaker melancholy
if you stand in the dark
with your ears to the wind
you'll hear the sons of molly
deep in the dark of the old mine shaft
you'll smell the smoke and the fire
and the whisper low from the mine below is the ghost of molly mcguire ...

so i'll tell ya boys
alex campbell is my name and no pistol did i fire
but i will fall from the gallows wall
just for being a molly mcguire
and i will die with my head held high
i fought for the men below
those men who work and mine and die down in the black hell below

[life long demo]

1. Thanks, that was great.

One thing though, can you fix the third line from the bottom "and I will die with my head held high.

I have sang that song many times at Irish Festivals here in PA. Been to the jail in Jim Thorp to see the hand print of Alex Campbell.

[Smarmie Doofus]

2. I'm curious. Anything approaching a museum or even a memorial in PA...

... associated w. the MMs?

[struggle4progress]

4. Molly Maguires story echoes through new Mahanoy City statue (2010)

BY JOHN E. USALIS
Published: May 21, 2010
... A statue of a man about to be hanged tells of injustices in the anthracite coalfields more than a century ago. On Thursday, the statue created by renowned sculptor Zenos Frudakis, Glenside, was placed on its pedestal at the Molly Maguire Historic Park, located on the southeast corner of Center and Catawissa streets near Citizens Fire Company in Mahanoy City ...
http://republicanherald.com/news/molly-maguires-story-echoes-through-new-mahanoy-city-statue-1.800170


http://www.pbase.com/image/144018795

[Smarmie Doofus]

5. Thanks! I'm going to check that out. "My people" ( on dad's side) were in the region....

... (Wilkes-Barre area) and working in the mines during the same era.

>>>Breaking silence

The research also included speaking to those who could provide input.

"It was part of that era that was kept quiet. People were afraid to actually tell their stories because of the times," said borough council Vice President Patti Schnitzius, who was also at the park Thursday. Schnitzius chairs the council's Community Development Committee.>>>>>>>

Not much specific info got passed onto my generation. Or even to my dad's.

[struggle4progress]

6. Lots of people whose lives improved didn't want to remember the bad old days

An elderly relative of mine fled Germany during the 1920s inflation to work in the port slums of the US. She enjoyed her later life, but I couldn't ever get her to say a word about the old days

[struggle4progress]

3. thanx!

fixt!