Merle Travis - Dark As A Dungeon (Snader Telescription 1951)

Snader Telescription no 3510
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[@soocleghorn2106]

My parents had this and sixteen tons on record back in the sixties. I liked listening to them, but made me sad also because my dad was a coal miner.

[@Oliisawesome]

The audio interference near the end makes it sound so weirdly good

[@christopher19894]

"It's a many a man I have known in my day, who lived just to labor his whole life away." The lamentation of every man who has experienced a life of tough manual labor with other men. There's a pure and honest form of pride however when you finish a difficult job and make it out alive...

[@antroby1492]

W song it’s been 3 years since I’ve listened to it.

[@Berschmann]

Ich als ehemaliger Steinkohle Bermann bin froh, wenn ich hier solche Songs finde.
Glückauf

[@Andreas_Gerold]

Und ich als Enkel eines Bergmanns. Leider gibt es kein deutsches Lied - oder ich kenne es nicht - das diese Arbeit so schön verewigt hat wie das hier von Merle Travis.

[@Berschmann]

@@Andreas_Gerold 16 Tons gibt es hier auf deutsch.

[@thisuserwantstodie]

overall brand¿

[@Hoppy_Harrington]

That first verse

[@derpmeyer5902]

literally the worst version of this song

[@amirosman5134]

Is not

[@oki45kurniawan]

is he the songwriter?

[@Allagi22]

Yes.

[@jerryripken]

Yes

[@ethan35123]

He also wrote the original 16 tons song too

[@curtgottler9961]

I heard he was accused of being a communist sympathizer because of this song.

[@natetheannihilnater1886]

​@@curtgottler9961 Corporatists have always been fear mongering people who even slightly question the establishment. It was because he wrote songs for the people about the people. He was no communist.