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Title: 12-string Guitar: School Days Over View count: 74 Rating: 5.0 (5 ratings) Description: Written by Ewan McColl and recorded by The Dubliners with Luke Kelly doing the singing, this song recalls the days not too distant in time when boys went straight from school into the mines to dig for coal in various parts of the British Isles. It was a hard and dangerous life, for as well as the obvious dangers of cave-ins, there were hidden dangers like fire-damp and poison gas which could kill either by breathing them or by causing explosions. There was an even more insidious killer in the form of coal dust which was breathed in continuously and could cause lung disease such as emphysema which might not show up until much later in life. Miners were an essential workforce which kept industry going, a fact that was recognized during WWII when mine workers were exempt from being called up into the armed forces. The young men on leaving school went into the mines and were known as Bevan Boys after the Cabinet Minister in charge of mining. This is a request for Eddie. Tags: school, days, over, threelegsoman, ewan, mccoll, luke, kelly, dubliners, british, folk, song, lyrics, chords, 12-string, acoustic, guitar, strumming, style, Author: threelegsoman |
