Opuceny Banik z Wilks Barroch (The Lonely Miner of Wilkes-Barre)

DESCRIPTION: Slovak. "Moja zena v starim kraju a ja tu hledam sebe v Americe robo tu." "While my life is in the old country, I am in America seeking work." The singer finds a job in the mines of Wilkes-Barre. He describes the awful work. He hopes he can go home
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1947 (Korson-PennsylvaniaSongsAndLegends)
KEYWORDS: foreignlanguage mining work separation family
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Korson-PennsylvaniaSongsAndLegends, pp. 374-376, "Opuceny Banik z Wilks Barroch (The Lonely Miner of Wilkes-Barre)" (1 text, 1 tune)
Foner-AmericanLaborSongsOfTheNineteenthCentury, "The Lonely Miner of Wilkes-Barre" (1 text)
File: KPL374

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