A baby cries in the morning sun
As the mother looks down on her fatherless one
And the rescue team foes on and on
More good men goin' down
More good men goin' down.
And her eyes they show a tear of pain
As she looks out through her windowpane
Well, her man ain't coming home again
More good men goin' down
More good men goin' down.
Well, he died when he was just twenty-two
And a young man in his prime
And he left a wife and a baby boy
More good men goin' down
More good men goin' down.
Well, the mother will live and her boy will grow
In a few more know
That the mother from those other times
Has lost another man to the mines
More good men goin' down
More good men goin' down.
As the mother looks down on her fatherless one
And the rescue team foes on and on
More good men goin' down
More good men goin' down.
And her eyes they show a tear of pain
As she looks out through her windowpane
Well, her man ain't coming home again
More good men goin' down
More good men goin' down.
Well, he died when he was just twenty-two
And a young man in his prime
And he left a wife and a baby boy
More good men goin' down
More good men goin' down.
Well, the mother will live and her boy will grow
In a few more know
That the mother from those other times
Has lost another man to the mines
More good men goin' down
More good men goin' down.
Contributed by Bernart Bartleby - 2015/8/12 - 09:03
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Parole e musica di David Cohen, in arte David Blue (1941-1982)
Testo pubblicato in Broadside # 42, 1964
Nel disco “Broadside Ballads Vol. 3”, Folkways Records 1964
Poi nella raccolta “The Best of Broadside 1962-1988: Anthems of the American Underground from the Pages of Broadside Magazine” realizzata dalla Smithsonian Folkways Recordings nel 2000.
David Blue, autore di questo brano, è stato uno dei musicisti e scrittori attivi nel Greenwich Village nei primi anni 60, amico di Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Tom Paxton, Dave Van Ronk ed Eric Andersen.