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I worked in mines in Northumberland between 1968 and 1972. The Seghill mine headgear was still in place at that time, although the mine had closed. I sometimes perform this song myself.
Richard Thompson - Blackleg Miner mp3 download
- Artist: Richard Thompson
- Song Title: Blackleg Miner
- Genre: Pop
- Length: 03:21
- Size: 7.9MB
- Bitrate: 320Kbps
- Uploaded: 2021-08-08
- Who Added: Andrés Sasaki
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Rod Whatzittoyah
Steeleye Span did a great version of this song way way back on their “Hark the Village Wait” album. The album they recorded with Gay and Terry Woods. Terry had earlier played with “Sweeney’s Men” and later went on to join “The Pogues”.
Jeniffer Ortega
Fraternal greetings from an ex Durham coal miner. workers of all lands unite.
Natalie Rissman
Glück auf! Greetings to all Miners. A special thanks to all the significant others of the brave men. You keep them grounded - or better "uplifted"
Mickey MouseTV
The song originated in County Durham, England, the locations of Seaton-Delaval and Seghill are mentioned as are gruesome punishments for the strike-breaking miner at those places.The song was written in Northumbrian dialect, perhaps as far back as 1844 but there have been many strikes since then.A hundred years later it was sung on the picket lines in the strike of 1984-85.BTW: The Seaton Delavel mine closed in 1960 and Seghill in 1965 over a century after the song is supposed to have appeared.
Rafał Miksa
Thank you for this wonderful song. It’s really awesome!
Noopy Bear
actually, i agree with you. folk music is always limited in school curricula and usually to stuff that nobody could possibly really like. and it puts people off folk music for life.
Meyrem
Richard Thompson makes me smile and want to cry....he is amazing!
Anna Fomina
Actually the first time I heard this song was on a programme on the BBC early on a Saturday morning. The programme was for kids and used the song to try to explain the strikes and bitterness that came from them. The song stuck in my head till I heard RT dong this.
Richard Queso
Anyone else think this sounds a bit like Galway girl...
Tatiana Velasco
Trouble with folk singers is that they put on folky accents & ruin a good song.
Soureen Me
saw steeleye play this in the midst of the miners strike against thatcher. I defy anyone who was there to tell me folk music has no relevance!
Анна Викторовна
Great stuff and that "1000 years of Popular music" should be on the school crariculam
Rodolfo Cuello
I remember hearing this song when i was a kid as part of an educational history thing on bbc alway stayed with me and now i find this version. fantastic stuff