So my dad grandad n great grandad who was killed in a fall 1919 Grimethorpe..South Yorkshire...west riding then...Slack his name....Died next to his son..who lived..ned
My granddad got electrocuted, never got to meet him. That was the last of our family in the mines. I’m grateful for my heritage, but also grateful we got out.
I come from a family with a long history of being employed as pit coal miners. Our backs are broad and out shoulders muscular like we were bred for it. I am the first generation born that has not gone down the shaft to dig. And when I look around the poor side of town I live in you can still see our heritage everywhere. Young men who look just like me with backs for swinging a pickaxe and hauling sacks. The coal dust 50 years later is still here, its in the woods where the mines were and its one every old building like its ingrained into the facades. Its insane to think that I live atop graves of those involved in the multiple mining disasters that hit the area who were never recovered.
it's so very true even today with all the safety precausions we have men still die. my great grandpa and grand da' went down the mines. got blacklisted for trying to start a union in the mines in the 1920's.
that is murica for you. "in capitalism the value of things is decided by negotiation". that is until the working class start negotiating too. your granddads were failed heroes
Big respect to your great grandfather and grandfather! Tough strong men to work the mines and even more so to stand up, speak out and get a union sorted regardless of all the shit they no doubt had to endure because they stood up and fought for their fellow colleagues. What did being 'blacklisted' actually entail? I assume it means they couldn't get work in any mines in their area? Did it also mean other local businesses wouldn't employ them? I can imagine it could even have caused issues with banks maybe calling in loans or refusing them or calling in mortgage payments ect. Mine owners were so powerful I can believe they could literally stop any local business or banks ever doing business or employing someone that they disliked.
Can not think of a better rendition of this song. Cash 's voice was made for tunes like this ‼️My Pawpaw use to sing this song all the time! MyDaMnWoRd 😎🔫‼️😊🙀👍🏽
"... What force leads a man To a life filled with danger High on seas or a mile underground? It's when need is his master And poverty's no stranger And there's no other work to be found..." - Silly Wizard - Fisherman's Song . . . . . Will
Great...I just enjoyed the Tennessee Ernie Ford version, and I wouldn't be able to say what's the best...Different in style, but both awesome...R.I.P., John and Ernie...
I always saw this song as a metaphor for living a life of sin, while also being in a much more literal sense, warning of the dangers of working in a mine.
I only thought of the song as a metaphor to be honest, since it describes how someone with greed is blind (both ways), not knowing and does not want to see...
Truth that's also what its about as Johnny accepted christ as lord by the time this video was put out.... and every lyric in here reminds you of hell ( dark as a dungeon) though also a song of redemption....
Great video! Thank you so much for posting this! This is one of my favorite songs to cover! Such dangerous work indeed, don't know how them miner folks do it, my hat's off to them.
Work chosen for lack of other local work and/or the intellect or ambition to seek better. This is why strip mining became popular, among other reasons. Just facts, not dissing all their effort.
Steven Marshall Hodnett you in Trouble.i mean you brother, from Mr Samuel Morrison Hodnett II USAF Veteran, your older brother. Understand as well you to David James Hodnett. , a 1st cousin. Know for Truth. ENJOY THE SONG
I have also heard it explained that chokedamp is any sort of non-breathable but non-flammable gas, while blackdamp specifically refers to a non-breathable mixture of nitrogen, carbon dioxide and water vapour.
You call on phone to sound good, record it ,yet you both know I am at 3050 West Main Street Room 203 Danville Virginia, understand as well Samuel Morrison Hodnett, Sr. In Burlington NC, your lies getting you in trouble Sam Morrison Hodnett, Sr. Enjoy your Friday lunch.
my dad was a coal miner and it reminds me of him. Loved hearing Sheldon sing it too.
So my dad grandad n great grandad who was killed in a fall 1919 Grimethorpe..South Yorkshire...west riding then...Slack his name....Died next to his son..who lived..ned
Rest in peace, Man in Black. We miss you down here..
Yung Lean x Johnny Cash fan, that's hella based man
@@avtobus1234 well i take that as a compliment, dear sir!
Long Live tô the workers struggle
Raised in Southern Illinois coal county, song from my youth. Thank you Johnny Cash and Merle Travis !
My granddad got electrocuted, never got to meet him. That was the last of our family in the mines. I’m grateful for my heritage, but also grateful we got out.
I come from a family with a long history of being employed as pit coal miners. Our backs are broad and out shoulders muscular like we were bred for it. I am the first generation born that has not gone down the shaft to dig.
And when I look around the poor side of town I live in you can still see our heritage everywhere. Young men who look just like me with backs for swinging a pickaxe and hauling sacks. The coal dust 50 years later is still here, its in the woods where the mines were and its one every old building like its ingrained into the facades. Its insane to think that I live atop graves of those involved in the multiple mining disasters that hit the area who were never recovered.
it's so very true even today with all the safety precausions we have men still die. my great grandpa and grand da' went down the mines. got blacklisted for trying to start a union in the mines in the 1920's.
that is murica for you. "in capitalism the value of things is decided by negotiation". that is until the working class start negotiating too. your granddads were failed heroes
@@kettenschlosd oh no they eventually got the union in the mines.
Big respect to your great grandfather and grandfather! Tough strong men to work the mines and even more so to stand up, speak out and get a union sorted regardless of all the shit they no doubt had to endure because they stood up and fought for their fellow colleagues. What did being 'blacklisted' actually entail? I assume it means they couldn't get work in any mines in their area? Did it also mean other local businesses wouldn't employ them? I can imagine it could even have caused issues with banks maybe calling in loans or refusing them or calling in mortgage payments ect. Mine owners were so powerful I can believe they could literally stop any local business or banks ever doing business or employing someone that they disliked.
My great great grandfather was a coal miner in the UK.
Awesome song
man, what a performer
Can not think of a better rendition of this song. Cash 's voice was made for tunes like this ‼️My Pawpaw use to sing this song all the time!
MyDaMnWoRd 😎🔫‼️😊🙀👍🏽
Like a fein to his dope or a drunkard with his wine, a man's heart will lust for the lure of the mine.
God bless you Mr Cash
"... What force leads a man
To a life filled with danger
High on seas or a mile underground?
It's when need is his master
And poverty's no stranger
And there's no other work to be found..."
- Silly Wizard - Fisherman's Song
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Will
Johnny recorded this song on his Folsom Prison album. Merle Travis wrote it and recorded it years before.
He also recorded it back in November '63 which was the B-side for UNDERSTAND YORU MAN.
Descanse em paz guerreiro você fez sua parte na música sempre será lembrado cahs , que Deus o tenha em um bom lugar
Over 5 years and 0 dislikes. That is almost as impressive as this song.
I guess people saw your comment.
Flasbergo 7 years 5 dislikes (that's still impressive)
8 years and 8 dislikes. Still impressive
Now 9 years. Wow.
10 years 9 dislikes 👍
Thank you; the "full length" version by Cash is kinda rare.
what an amazing performance
Great...I just enjoyed the Tennessee Ernie Ford version, and I wouldn't be able to say what's the best...Different in style, but both awesome...R.I.P., John and Ernie...
Amen!
Glenn Yarborough brought me here, and to every other version of this song. (His is still the best version)
LENDA é LENDA. ............
I always saw this song as a metaphor for living a life of sin, while also being in a much more literal sense, warning of the dangers of working in a mine.
I only thought of the song as a metaphor to be honest, since it describes how someone with greed is blind (both ways), not knowing and does not want to see...
Truth that's also what its about as Johnny accepted christ as lord by the time this video was put out.... and every lyric in here reminds you of hell ( dark as a dungeon) though also a song of redemption....
Greed is a drug
Great song!
Great video! Thank you so much for posting this! This is one of my favorite songs to cover! Such dangerous work indeed, don't know how them miner folks do it, my hat's off to them.
alextheredrobert d g a? Switching keys to find my best key. whoa so low
Work chosen for lack of other local work and/or the intellect or ambition to seek better. This is why strip mining became popular, among other reasons. Just facts, not dissing all their effort.
i love this song
Good stuff!
Deus é a vida e a morte nada vem que não seja dele , hoje presente amanhã não existe mais , Deus criou tudo até os belos cantor , que marca o tempo
HaRD to top Johnny's version of any tune.
PhantomZO9 sheldon did it
@@slime3726 Johnny Cash is the best but I could listen to Jim Parsons sing anytime, any day. Such a talented man.
Me too👍
My grandfather was a coal miner he died of black lung.
😭
@marisolpatriota2826 I hope you have a wonderful day God bless
The 8 dislikes are people who hate country music
I know I don't understand why people that don't like this would even listen.
MyDaMnWoRd 😎🔫
They just need their hearing checked. 🙂
Johnny cash is more than just country music . His art is above simple music genres
Fallout 76 brought me to this jewel
butnobodycame me too
Nice to see another vault dweller
Then you are listening to the wrong version
John Cowan does the best version of this song I have ever heard.
well piss off and listen to that version then instead of criticising Johnny Cash
No one criticized JC. There's always a pin richard in the group eh Martin
This song is on repeat one trying to get 70 mining
Runescape?
Big Bang theory brought me here..
+Zero activity LMFAO, the exact same reason I looked this up. :)
Same....
yup Big Bang
Zero activity
Same here
Johnny Cash is the best
same here :)
Who all came here after listening this song in THE BIG BANG THEORY?
me
I bet those modern chinese miners would like this song.
Steven Marshall Hodnett you in Trouble.i mean you brother, from Mr Samuel Morrison Hodnett II USAF Veteran, your older brother. Understand as well you to David James Hodnett. , a 1st cousin. Know for Truth. ENJOY THE SONG
Fine version, but nothing beats Ernie's version!
He uses both "choke damp" and then "black damp" in the second next sentence. Aren't these the same thing?
d1ckyj0nes yea they are but it’s Johnny cash so deal with it😂
I have also heard it explained that chokedamp is any sort of non-breathable but non-flammable gas, while blackdamp specifically refers to a non-breathable mixture of nitrogen, carbon dioxide and water vapour.
Eo lúcifer invejoso destruiu tudo destorceu oque e belo ,mais uma dia a justiça irá vir , e quem ama Deus eo próximo irá viver em paz
Merle Travis brought me here
Hopefully, we will convert to wind and solar energy, so that we will never have to depend on coal mining again.
The new song "bright as a screen"
You call on phone to sound good, record it ,yet you both know I am at 3050 West Main Street Room 203 Danville Virginia, understand as well Samuel Morrison Hodnett, Sr. In Burlington NC, your lies getting you in trouble Sam Morrison Hodnett, Sr. Enjoy your Friday lunch.
Shekdon did it better ..... same here fyi
This guy is a hopeless singer the bait is out
Jimmy Walker like you would sound any better
Lol, sheldon sings better than him
True
Jagan Joseph okay house
nice joke
Listen to Merle Travis' version. I like the original best.
Jagan Joseph haha nice joke
🙏..for all the miners all over the world!🤲🙏🫡😎
Lol, sheldon sings better than him