North Country Blues

[struggle4progress]

... then the shaft was soon shut and more work was cut
and the fire in the air it felt frozen
til a man come to speak and he said in one week
that number eleven was closin

they complained in the east they are paying too high
they say that your ore ain't worth digging
that it's much cheaper down in the South American towns
where the miners work almost for nothing ...

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[lovemydog]

1. Love this song

From Bobby D. Gordon Lightfoot used a similar melody for The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald. I think it's from a very old folk tune.