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The song contains the line Why forty thousand Cornish boys shall knawa the reason why. [1] According to Cornish historian Robert Morton Nance, it was possibly the inspiration for R. S. Hawker's "The Song of the Western Men" which was written in 1824 and contains a strikingly similar line: Here's twenty thousand Cornish men will know the reason why!
"The Collier’s Rant" is a traditional Geordie folk song written many years ago (possibly around 1650), the writer is unknown. It is one of the oldest mining songs in existence. It was already popular, and had been for how long we do not know, when Joseph Ritson published it in his Northumbrian Garland in 1793. It is still a very popular piece ...
The first song to became "popular" through a national advertising campaign was "My Grandfather's Clock" in 1876. [3] Mass production of piano in the late-19th century helped boost sheet music sales. [3] Toward the end of the century, during the Tin Pan Alley era, sheet music was sold by dozens and even hundreds of publishing companies.
The Harlan County Coal Miners, 1931–39 (University of Illinois Press, 2002) is also titled after the song. Get Up, Stand Up: The Story of Pop and Protest part 1, 2003 documentary. The song plays during the end credits of the 2016 drama In Dubious Battle. The song, Florence Reece, and the Harlan miner's strike feature in episode 2 of Damnation.
Nimrod Workman (November 5, 1895 – November 26, 1994) was an American folk singer, coal miner and trade unionist.His musical repertoire included traditional English and Scottish ballads passed down through his family, Appalachian folk songs and original compositions.
The song fades in with a repeating six-note keyboard figure in a vibraphone-like voice in open fourths and fifths, [22] played on the downbeats, [5] that critic Jon Pareles likened to "the clang of picks". [23] Christopher Gable, author of The Words and Music of Sting, traces the use of the open fourths and fifths to English folk music.
It is a lament about the danger and drudgery of being a coal miner in a shaft mine. It has become a rallying song among miners seeking improved working conditions. The song achieved much of its fame when it was performed by Johnny Cash in his Folsom Prison concert (At Folsom Prison). During this live performance, one of the prisoners in the ...
A live version of the song was included on the Beatles live album The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl, first released in 1977, and re-released in 2016 as Live at the Hollywood Bowl. Recorded on 23 August 1964, 'Boys' was the first track to be released on digital download and streaming platforms, one week prior to the full remastered album release ...