Re: Looking for Hignite
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In reply to:
Looking for Hignite
5/06/01
I have a copy of the "Hignite Blues" song.
It can be ordered from The Library of Congress
Motion Picture Broadcasting & Records Sound Division
101 Indepencence Ave. S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20540-4690
It is tape L-60
Here are some of the words:
1. A mile and a half back in the mines,
Slate a-fallin' all along main line,
Hey, hey, got the Hignite blues.
2. Two men put in every place,
The way they're cramped it is a disgrace,
Hey, hey got the Hignite blues.
3. I talked to the foreman to see about,
He said, "To take your tools and get out,"
Hey, hey got the Hignite blues.
4. I'm goin to the hall to make my request,
It's up to the committe to do the rest,
Hey, hey, got the Hignite blues.
5. Bumps all along to skin your back,
They lay their wire and hang their track,
Hey, hey got the Hignite blues.
6. They say "Bous, we can sell our slack,
If on Saturday you will come back,
And break the code.
7. Tom said to us entrymen: "You must take your slate,
Butyou will have to work an hour late,
And break the code.
8. He said to Sil: "At three o'clock,
You make another trip while we dump this rock,
And break the code.
9. They are all afraid to quit-
Afraid they will lose their tit,
Hey, hey got the Hignite blues.
10. I took my case up to the hall,
The committe accepted but that was all,
This is the union blues.
11. Theytook Walter Griffin off the track,
They docked him on dirt so he couldn't come back,
Such is the union blues.