Coal Mining Music

Video and notes by Bob Leathers

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Merle Travis - Songs of the Coal Mines
1963

Dedicated to Coal Miners Everywhere. (Merle Travis - shared from YouTube)

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Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford (Video Version)

Video version of Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford. It went to #1 on November 26, 1955 on the Billboard Top 100 and stayed on top for seven weeks. The single version is available as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_84W...(Shared from YouTube)

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Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter

Shared from YouTube

The Coal Miner Song - Jimmy Joe Lee

Shared from YouTube