Gets me every time. From an old Welsh Miner (open cut) of over 20 yrs. Open cut was dangerous enough. I could not have done underground. Respect …

I worked underground in 5 different coal mines from 1975 to 1981 and will never forget it God bless and protect all miners😀

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I have never heard anyone sing this song better than Martin branigan….

Sorry to hear this singer passed away, but what a fitting tribute to all the miners who risked their lives, god bless you all.

🐴 ❤️ ⚒️ GLÜCK AUF ⚒️ ❤️ 🐴 All the best from an ex-miner from Germany.

I see singers and bands, all over the world sing this with no attribution to the writer. Rita Mac Neil from Big Pond , Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Watch her sing it with the Men of the the Deeps, retired coal miners.

Dad was a pit pony boy at the age of 14 years. RIP Dad.

The best version I have ever heard was by a Welsh fiend whose father was a coal miner. he had thge depth of voice and the power to really stir your emotions. RIP Jim Clifford.

What a shame that the pit have gone I'm welsh can't speak it I know I'm proved to be and my dad god bless him was down the mines and grandad bring bk them bk they best times for the ones who wete underground ❤

When my coal miner died we found a letter from the govt. ordering him back down the pit because they needed coal to make steel to make arms for the army, navy and air force needed to fight the Germans in WW11. 41 years, no wonder they wrote a song.

Haha made me chuckle lol brilliant mate

A Rita McNeil penned song written to honour Cape Breton Miners. Rest in peace Rita

Great

I love this song as my granddad and 3 sons worked as a miner but my granddad died and my 2 uncles died and my father died after he left the miners

My Grandfather worked in this shit house so called inderstry at 17. Started by pushing out trolleys of coal. He died in 1954, 50 years old. Many others didn't life long ether. This is one of many reasons why I've been a Socialist since my teens

Beautifully done, best wishes from Nova Scotia, Canada where we have lost so many miners.

Sung with heart and feeling. I like the song.

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Im addicted to watching this beautiful man and his voice is amazing. I hope hes still here with us,he has the most beautiful beautiful peaceful peaceful aura around him , im sure he is just as wonderful as my dad big joe lavery was.xx

And what thanks did you get off the government , f all

My late father was a working man .but good man had better plans for me his son.I expect to be 85 next month

No it was your union leadership, it dragged the country backwards and it had never recovered

Who is this man? Love him x

I as a 16 year old went down on a tour of a coal mime. I was scared, very scared. When we csme up we were sent to shower. 4 times our tour guide sent us back to shower before he gave us towels. Days after I was sneezing coal dust. I heard that song about 40 years ago by snow Australian female folk singer on Irelands Late Late show. She had Uncle Gabo as he was called and the audience in awe at the words as she explained why the song was written. We all remember the school boys trapped in the cave and the international rescue mission as well as the coal miners rescued one by one after 6 weeks trapped under found. The rescuers drilled a small bore hole enough to vent fresh air and deliver food and water. Then another metre diameter hole bored over a few weeks. The miners trapped below must have been in hell for the duration.

My mums father was miner and family side in Wales was miners

beautiful .

Real men hard working for a pittance and a early grave rip to all who gave their lives to get the coal

What a lovely man.❤

I so love this song ever since i heard the late rita mcneill and foster and allen sing it, amazing voice this guy has, and sung well too.

God bless all miners. Where would we be without them? Great song.

Brilliant

For my dad RIP😢

U tube the late David Anderson.

So heartbeat beautiful 😢

My grandfather was killed in a pit when there was a cave in thankfully his neck was broken immediately so at least he didn't suffer so I have a great efinaty with miner's RIP grandad

My grandad and uncles were miners in south wales my dad was a toolmaker, we were on holiday at grad parents in south wales the main shaft had snapped all were out of work my dad fixed it with the help of the fitters. He said to me never go underground. Never did jeff from Wigan

my father was a miner in derbyshire happy times but hard work thanks dad and all miners that risked their lives every day respect.

this song be on good i have relation that were kill in va. coal mine

Love this version. The black and white background blends so well with Hank to really put you in the setting. First class cover.

I love this song i have it by rita mcneal and he sings it exactly the same brings to mind my brother in law who was at blidwoth colliery in nottingham uk

Perfect example of "White Privilege"

La Vall del Riu VERSALLES.... 🌊🏊‍♂️🌌🍇🌊🏊‍♂️🌀🌀🥃👉

spent 12 years in submarines went down a pit for a few hours i know which was more daunting respect to all miners

My grandfather survived the first world war, came home to a wife and three children [ a fourth died while he was overseas] and when he got work, walked 15 miles to his nearest pit. It sickens me with all this work from home mularkey. some people have no concept of self worth, pride, or graft. His two brothers were also miners. Now they were real man. I salute those who aren't with us any longer and those who can still remember the camerarderie.

I Love this Song 🎵 ❤️ Thank you ❤😊

Beautiful song

I am 4th generation, and last coal miner in our NZ Family to work underground. 1st Gen came from Scotland, and most of my ancestors were also miners. My Kin from small mining communities in Scotia are McEwans, McNeills, & Lees. The mine that we all worked in at some stage was actually started by Old Joe Taylor, an Englishman. The mine changed hands a couple of times, but was later managed by Ray Taylor sn (RiP), and finally by my father Brian James Hawthorn (RiP). I was in touch with his grandson Ray Taylor, until he died of Cancer several years ago (RiP). The Mine ended up being owned By James Baird and Sons, managed by Phil Baird, when it finally closed after a cave in, in 1974. Love this song as only a miner can.

My dad was big bad john

Thatcher ripped the guts out of communities, shame on her! Beautiful song and singing. Bless.