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The Cherry Mine Lyrics by Ben Bedford

Land of the Shadows

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Another autumn day
Up here in Cherry town
You don't feel November wind
You're 500 feet underground
And I thank the Lord each night
He brought him back home safe
The fire just burned his hands
Singed his hair and grazed his face
Another autumn day
In the mine the men went down
40 mules to haul the coal
With a heavy, rolling rusty sound
They lowered the feed hay down
They must have caught the lamps
Like water slipping over stones
Spreading smoke moved too fast
Ooh, swing that pickaxe boys
Sink that shovel in the rock of northern Illinois
Ooh, hear it echo soft
In the earth below and the hopeful sky above
Twelve men from the rescue squad
Reached deep for friend and kin
Six times they sank below
Six times they saved more men
My husband rose in smoke
I gripped his living hand
The squad sank for a seventh hell and ended up in the promised land
Ooh, swing that pickaxe boys
Sink that shovel in the rock of northern Illinois
Ooh, hear it echo soft
In the earth below and the hopeful sky above
I got my news for free
But I'm a lucky one
481 went down
222 came home
This little country town on Illinois 89
Won't forget that spreading smoke
And the day we sealed the Cherry Mine
Ooh, swing that pickaxe boys
Sink that shovel in the rock of northern Illinois
Ooh, hear it echo soft
In the earth below and the hopeful sky above
Ooh, hear it echo soft
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Ben Bedford

Ben Bedford

About “The Cherry Mine” by Ben Bedford

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"The Cherry Mine" appears on "Land of the Shadows".

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