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The Blue Diamond Mines

from Knocking the Windowpane by The Residuals

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    The CD version of the Residual's album, Knocking the Windowpane. At this time, if you wish to download the entire album, you must purchase a CD copy.

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    Stored in a quaint "jewel-case", this so-called "compact disc" will amuse your friends with its obsolescence. This historical oddity arrives pre-opened so you don't have to struggle with shrink wrap, and is signed on the inside cover by the entire band using their actual names. If a band member signs with an alias, your money will be speedily refunded. Banish worries of buyer's remorse and purchase, purchase, PURCHASE!

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lyrics

I remember the ways in the bygone days
When we were in our prime.
When us and John L. gave the old man hell
Way down in the Blue Diamond Mines.

The whistle blows 'fore the rooster crows,
About an hour 'fore daylight.
When a man did his best, he has earned his good rest
And has seventeen dollars at night.

(Chorus)
In the mines, in the mines, in the blue diamond mines
I have worked my life away.
In the mines, in the mines, in the blue diamond mines
I fall on my knees and pray.

credits

from Knocking the Windowpane, released August 17, 2012
Jean Ritchie
Lead vocal & twelve-string guitar: Rick Kroener
Mandolin: Rob McInnis
Fiddle & vocals: Jeremy A. Cook
Vocals: Meaghan Haughian and Ted Leighton

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The Residuals Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan's one-of-a-kind Prairie Celtic band, the Residuals, has been playing acoustic folk music for over ten years. Drawing on Irish, Scottish, and Maritime music, they are at the forefront of a living Prairie Celtic tradition.

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