Four Pence a Day — "The ore is waiting in the tubs, the snow's upon the fell." The washer lads mus… Girl of Constant Sorrow — Singer tells of leaving her mother (now dead) and her home in Kentucky so that … The Gresford Disaster — 242 miners and three rescuers died in the Gresford mine explosion. The manageme… Heroes, British Heroes — "We sing of these soldiers and sailors, The deeds they have done on the foam, B… The High Blantyre Explosion — The singer tells of meeting a young girl mourning her lover, John Murphy. Murph… I Lay Around the Old Jail House (John C. Britton) — Perhaps a composite song: The singer complains of life in jail and of working i… I Often Think of Writing Home — Singer, a California miner, often thinks of writing to his family, but seldom d… I'm a Minder — "I'm a minder [i.e. miner], I'm a minder, In de col' ground, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd, … In the Bar-Room (The Celebrated Working-Man) — Singer boasts of his abilities as a coal miner, saying he can hew more coal tha… In the Pit from Sin Set Free — "In the pit from sin set free, Sudden death would glory be, That is why I sing …