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Song Lyrics
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- Twenty-Inch Mill/Celebrated Working Man
- Where the Old Allegheny and Monongahela Flow
- Altoona Freight Wreck
- Draglines
- Spike Crain
- Hard Travelin'
- Coal Diggin' Blues
- Bread and Roses
- I Lie in the American Land
- Two Cent Coal
- Soho on Saturday Night
9. I Lie in the American Land
(Andrew Kovaly)
Ah, my God, what is this land of America?
So many people traveling there
I will go, too, for I am still young
God, the Lord, will grant me good luck there
You, my wife, stay here till you hear from me
When you get my letter put everything in order
Mount my raven black steed -- a horse like the wind --
Fly across the ocean to join me here
Ah, but when she arrived in this strange land
Here in McKeesport, this valley, this valley of fire
Only his grave, his blood, did she find
Over it bitterly she cried
Oh, my husband, what have you done to this family of ours?
What can I say to these children you've orphaned
Tell them, my wife, not to wait for me
Tell them I lie here in the American land.
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