When the Coal Comes from the Rhonda (Rhondda)

DESCRIPTION: "When the coal comes from the Rhondda (x3), When the coal comes from the Rhondda I'll be there. With my little pick and shovel I'll be standing on the quay, When the coal comes from the Rhondda I'll be there"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood)
KEYWORDS: derivative mining
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 92, "When the coal comes from the Rhonda" (1 text)
Roud #10985
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder" (tune)
NOTES [55 words]: Roud lumps this with "When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder," but it's clearly not the same but rather a very clever parody. The Rhondda Valley of Wales was well known for its coal mines, although, like many British coal mines, most closed down in the mid-twentieth century, forcing the workers to leave the area or go into poverty. - RBW
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File: KSUC092

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