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BLOODY HARLAN
A little ditty about a mining town in eastern KY
(John Dawahare)

A shotgun blast in the dark of night
Someone screamin’ in the street
A man dead on the railroad track
A gun lyin’ at his feet

Now, you got men from out of state
Lookin’ for trouble in Lynch
The miners are gettin’ restless
And they’re swearin’ for revenge

There’s a war in town
And people are starvin’
As we die one by one
In Bloody Harlan

They shut us down six months ago
I ain’t had a job since then
Now, I’m told I’m about to lose
My unemployment pension

This strike’s bustin’ up families
It’s dividin’ life long friends
But, we’ve got the union behind us
And we’ll fight until we win

There’s a war in town
And people are starvin’
As we die one by one
In Bloody Harlan

Now, my wife’s got that look in her eyes
She seems distant and far away
She stands cryin’ in the kitchen
I send the kids outside to play

Sometimes, she says she’s eaten
Says she ate ’fore we sat down
She just says that for the kids
’Cause there ain’t enough to go around

There’s a war in town
And people are starvin’
As we die one by one
In Bloody Harlan

Some nights, I drink to forget
I drown my sorrows in whiskey
And I wish I was buried in that mine
With every sin I carry with me

There’s a war in town
And people are starvin’
As we die one by one
In Bloody Harlan

[This message has been edited by blakeh (edited 09-02-2002).]

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