NEW! A SONGBOOK featuring music from the mines Ideal for social studies, history and music classroom use:
THE MUSIC OF THE MEN OF THE DEEPS
Selected songs from the repertoire of North America's only coal miners choir . . .
containing melody lines, guitar chords and selected keyboard accompaniments.
Compiled & Edited by John C. O'Donnell
Musical Director: The Men of the Deeps
Amberglade Music
$20.00
plus postage & handling charges
To order, or for more information, contact:
Amberglade Music or order by e-mail:
65 Mahoney's Beach Road clarkjohn@ns.sympatico.ca
Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Orders will be shipped with invoice. Payment by
B2G 2L2 cheque or money order upon receipt of invoice.
Contents:
The Coal By The Sea - The Cape Breton Coal Miners - Matthew's Voyage - Immigrant Eyes -
Away From The Roll Of The Sea - Thirty-Inch Coal - Dark As A Dungeon -
The Man With A Torch In His Cap - Down Deep In A Coal Mine - Down Among The Coal -
Plain Old Miner Boy - Kelly's Cove - Coal Tattoo - Coal Town Road - Billy, Come With Me -
Schooldays End - Little Pinkie Engine - A Miner And A Miner's Son - The Ballad of Joe Hill -
A Miner's Life - Dad's Old Dinner Pail - The Pluck Me Store - Are You From Bevan? -
Coal Is King Again - The Chain Runner Song - She Loves Her Miner Lad -
Jolly Wee Miner Men - Drill Ye Tarriers, Drill - Christmas In The Mine -
The Government Store - I'm Just An Old Chunk Of Coal - Men of the Deep -
Down In The Hillcrest Mine - No. 26 Mine Disaster - The Ballad Of Springhill -
Their Lights Will Shine - Miner's Memorial Hymn - No More Coal -
A Mining Town No More - Now That The Work Is Done - Rap Her To Bank -
Rise Again - You Raise Me Up - Forty-Hour Week - Song For The Mira - Working Man
Publication also includes a short history of The Men of the Deeps
and historical notes on many of the songs!
For additional classroom ideas go to
beaton.cbu.ca/diversity/mining/index.html
and click on "For Educators"
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