Mines of Locust Dale, The

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, come all you tender Christians, I pray you will draw near, It is of a sad disaster I mean to let you hear." In 1875, a powder explosion kills four. A rescue attempt finds only their mangled bodies. The singer asks for prayers for them
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1938 (Korson-MinstrelsOfTheMinePatch)
KEYWORDS: mining death disaster
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
Nov 18, 1875 - the Locust Dale explosion (source: Korson-MinstrelsOfTheMinePatch)
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Korson-MinstrelsOfTheMinePatch, pp. 193-196, "The Mines of Locust Dale" (1 text, tune referenced)
Roud #4140
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Avondale Disaster (I) (The Mines of Avondale)" [Laws G6] (tune)
NOTES [8 words]: This song is item dG40 in Laws's Appendix II. - RBW
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File: KMMP193B

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