Miner, The (The Miners in the Mines of Butte)

DESCRIPTION: "The miners in the mines of Butte Are in rebellion fairly"; they deserve your respect. He works hard, and gets sick from the conditions. They live an unnatrual life. It's this that has made them rebels. The tyrants will vanish
AUTHOR: "Scottie" (source: Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
EARLIEST DATE: c. 1918 (New Songs for the Butte Mining Camp, according to Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
KEYWORDS: mining hardtimes labor-movement
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, pp. 168-169, "The Miner" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Standard on the Braes of Mar" (tune, according to Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
File: LDC168

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