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Fire in the Hole

from A Game of Swans by Nancy K Dillon

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05 Fire In The Hole (Pat Long)

Pat Long was an Oklahoma friend/musician/songwriter – now deceased – he wrote this true story mining disaster song set in the mountains of Tennessee - It is the first song anyone ever *e-mailed* me !

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Fire In The Hole (Pat Long)

Cold December in MarionCounty
Black coal blocking out the sun
Four miles deep in Dogwood Flats Mountain
Down in Number 21

CHORUS

Fire in the Hole
Fire in the Hole
Fire in the Hole
The earth will bargain for her coal

Just after noon they heard the thunder
A sudden flash of flame
Thirteen miners lay lost down under
For the mountain to reclaim

CHORUS

Cold December in MarionCounty
Waiting for the word
But there’s no answer from Dogwood Flats Mountain
Now there’s nothing to be heard

CHORUS

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from A Game of Swans, released January 20, 2018
Personnel:
NKD – acoustic guitar/vocals
Stacy Phillips – resonator guitar (dobro)
Michael Connolly – fiddle
Olllie Collins – acoustic bass

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Nancy K Dillon Seattle, Washington

On her albums, Nancy K. Dillon maps the road West; the dusty highways that conjure up images like Kerouac's road trips, traveling dustbowl carnivals, and free-spirited 70s hipsters. Inspired by Oklahoma & Texas troubadours Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, and Kevin Welch, Dillon's songs are short stories about characters that populate true American life. ... more

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