With jacks and timbers they started back down then came that rumble way down in the ground and smoke and gas belched out of that mine everybody knew it was the end of the line for for Big John.

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Another sun to shine. Another place of mine. If I could have my way I'd...

Another sun to shine. Another place of mine. If I could have my way I'd...

Grabbed a sagging timber and gave out with a grown and like a giant oak...

Grabbed a sagging timber and gave out with a grown and like a giant oak...

Ev'ry road have a bend, ev'ry wicked have an end. What your hands commit I...

Ev'ry road have a bend, ev'ry wicked have an end. What your hands commit I...

He did'nt say much a kind a quiet and shy and if you spoke at...

He did'nt say much a kind a quiet and shy and if you spoke at...

Yesterday I got a letter from my friend fighting in Vietnam and this is what...

Yesterday I got a letter from my friend fighting in Vietnam and this is what...

Every morning at the mine you could see him arrive. He stood six-foot-six and weighed...

Every morning at the mine you could see him arrive. He stood six-foot-six and weighed...

Twenty men scrambled from a would be grave and now there's only one left down...

Twenty men scrambled from a would be grave and now there's only one left down...

If you go out to Hollywood you'll find a lot of fantastic plastic people there...

If you go out to Hollywood you'll find a lot of fantastic plastic people there...

Reggae night and we'll be jammin 'till the morning light. Penny Reel just called got...

Reggae night and we'll be jammin 'till the morning light. Penny Reel just called got...

Then came the day at the bottom of the mine when a timber cracked and...

Then came the day at the bottom of the mine when a timber cracked and...

Through the dust and smoke of this man made hell walked a giant of a...

Through the dust and smoke of this man made hell walked a giant of a...

I can see clearly now the rain is gone. I can see all obstacles in...

I can see clearly now the rain is gone. I can see all obstacles in...

So as sure as the sun will shine,. I'm gonna get my share now of...

So as sure as the sun will shine,. I'm gonna get my share now of...

You don't do right you gonna dead tonight. So now a go take you down...

You don't do right you gonna dead tonight. So now a go take you down...

Gotta look my best because I know there'll be mashin' up tonight. Reggae night we...

Gotta look my best because I know there'll be mashin' up tonight. Reggae night we...

You will find it happens only once a year. So don't miss out on this...

You will find it happens only once a year. So don't miss out on this...

Here is the rainbow I've been praying for. It's gonna be a bright, bright sunshinin'...

Here is the rainbow I've been praying for. It's gonna be a bright, bright sunshinin'...

We'll sit right here on the grass, and look at the sun, at the sun,...

We'll sit right here on the grass, and look at the sun, at the sun,...

Look all around, there's nothing but blue skies. Look straight ahead, there's nothing but blue...

Look all around, there's nothing but blue skies. Look straight ahead, there's nothing but blue...

Oh yes, I can make it now the pain is gone. All of the bad...

Oh yes, I can make it now the pain is gone. All of the bad...