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Lonnie Crash, acoustic/electric folk,blues, americana, eclectic country
Lonnie Crash..songwriter, old rocker turned folkie and guitar hobo..
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Country • Bluegrass
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Peak #188
Peak in subgenre #23
Author
lonnie crash
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lonnie crash 2005
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May 05, 2006
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MP3 3.4 MB • 128 kbps • 3:40
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Sago mine disaster
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THIRTEEN MEN (by Lonnie Crash copyright 2006) intro: Dm G Dm C Dm Dm Dm 13 men went down to the Sago mine Dm C dm 13 men went down to the sago mine dm 13 men went down that day G 12 were lost,only one was saved dm C dm 13 men went down to the sago mine Fireboss said, now boys, it's time to go(2x) down in the mining car they rode a lightning bolt made the gas explode smoke and fire now down in the sago mine. 13 miners trapped in the sago mine(2x) Angel of death was down below he took him a dozen but he let one go he took him a dozen but he let one poor boy go. Bossman says that help is on its' way(2x) Rescue teams couldn't get inside poison gas spread far and wide Bossman said they'll try again next day Down in the mine they waited patiently(2X) they said a prayer and a last goodbye, one by one, they closed their eyes down in the mine they met eternity A tiny light shone down in the sago mine(2X) through the gas and smoke of that hellish place it shone down on one miner's face a tiny light shone down on a young man's face The families were begging for some news(2x) bossman was afraid to tell noone could live through that man made hell twelve were gone and just one found alive Church bells rang throughout the coal country(2x) West Virginia buried her sons down where the Buckhannon river runs Church bells rang throughout the coal country Randall McLoy asks God, why was I saved? (2x) "I made you a witness to the truth that the Lord did spare you in your youth I made you a witness till the Judgement Day 13 men went down to the Sago mine 13 men went down to the sago mine 13 men went down that day 12 were lost,but all were saved 13 men went down to the sago mine
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