Bluestone Quarries, The

DESCRIPTION: "In eighteen hundred and forty one, They put their long red flannels on (x2), To work in the bluestone quarries." Stories of the Irish immigrants who became bluestone miners, and faced poverty, uncaring bosses, and cruel conditions
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1982
KEYWORDS: work mining boss poverty
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Cazden/Haufrecht/Studer-FolkSongsOfTheCatskills 174, "The Bluestone Quarries" (1 text + appendix, 1 tune)
ST FSC174 (Partial)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Paddy Works on the Railway" (tune & meter)
File: FSC174

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