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A Miner's Son's Lament
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A miner's son, who's father was killed in the mines, contemplates whether to continue the cycle. Check out the demo sample or purchase the mastered version from the CD A Street Of My Own
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Independent French Canadian singer songwriter into folk country / folk / roots / rock-blues
A French Canadian singer/songwriter/musician, raised in Sault Ste Marie, who's travels from the Yukon to Labrador provide the basis for much of these country/alternative/folk/rock/roots perspectives. From the award winning Just Because to Pretty One, How Many More Days, Miner’s Son’s Lament, Fortune Teller Woman, That Train Song, Ain't Gonna Be So Easy This Time, Hats and Boots and Women and more, Jacques covers a range of simple, sensitive, sometimes humorous subjects, points of view, with words and music to paint the emotional backdrops.
Song Info
Genre
Country • Alternative Country
Charts
Peak #48
Peak in subgenre #9
Author
Jacques Goudreault
Rights
SOCAN
Uploaded
August 06, 2020
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MP3 3.9 MB • 128 kbps • 4:16
Story behind the song
Visiting old mine sites I started thinking about what life must be like for generations of families with little choice but to go down into the mines for the pay and lack of alternatives. I also thought about the wifes and mothers unable to convince their husbands and sons to do something that comes so natural to men of miners.
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A Miners Sons Lament Capo 2nd fret, D Harp There's a darkness 'neath, the beauty of the coast To give up on one, you must give up on the other To leave the collieries, you leave what you love most But your heart remains, anchored to the rocks and the water I made my mind, to leave the dust behind me I gave up, when they gave up on brother Turned my back, on my beloved rocks and water A fair price to pay to never have to witness another Even lines the walls, where my daddy lays I thinks about years, he would wear the blackness And how he promised, hed pack us up and move away Since the snow fell grey, stained my momma's wedding dress Chorus Neath the beauty of the rocky shores, lies a dusty mine You may choose to leave, but you leave your heart behind But I swear Ill see my son, seven times a father So he can live to tell stories, bout the beauty above of the rocks and waters Never as loud, as the damaged done But now the wives have gathered, to hear foreman say Two more hours, before we reach the other one But I dont hold out hope, if first we see the light of day Can't take another blast, mama won't you let me go I dont blame you, but I can't live this way If I leave now, there's still a chance dont cha you know Do what papa said, and bring my babies back someday
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