Coal Miner's Blues
First recording and first release by The Carter Family (June 8, 1938 / September 1938)
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- [Traditional]
- Language
- English
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Traditional song from the Virginia mining camps in the early 1900's. First recorded by The Carter Family on June 8, 1938. A.P. Carter said that he learned it from miners who worked the Wise County, Virginia coal mines.
Opening lyrics:
Some blues are just blues, mine are the miner's blues.
Some blues are just blues, mine are the miner's blues.
My troubles are coming by threes and by twos. - Licensing
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