Hi Mason
Well, the song I've written about the miners of Easton Pit (Leonard, Boult &
Co), Bristol, UK is not old but may be of interest to you.
Also, if anyone knows of songs of the S. Glos-Kingswood/N Somerset
Coalfields I'd be interested in finding out more.
Jim McNeill
Chair
Living Easton http://www.csm.uwe.ac.uk/~rstephen/Living.Easton.html
Bristol
UK
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>Subject: Re: Listen out for "The Cry of Tin"
>Date: Sun, Apr 30, 2000, 4:54 am
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>Ok Roger. We had a lot of Cousin Jacks invade the US. In some camps (like
>the King of Arizona) they were so strong they wouldn't let any other ethnic
>group work in the mine. Throughout the Western US they were recognized as
>good miners and usually worked their way up in mine management. In Bisbee
>Quality Hill, and area for bosses, was also called Cousin Jack Hill.
>If you are wondering about the term Cousin Jack it was because they would
>always ask the boss when they first hired, "if 'e add a job for their cousin
>Jack?" We also called the women cousin Jennies. I was expalining this to a
>group of senior citizens at an elderhostil last year and one said, "Ja dat
>makes sense. Dats wot we used to call the mules, Jack and Jennie."
>
>I am always looking for poems about mining, preferably old ones, to put in a
>second book of mining poetry, songs and stories.
>
>Mason
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