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[[File:Massa's in de Coal Coal Ground.jpg|thumb|Earliest known poster for '''Massa's in de Coal Coal Ground'''.]]"'''Massa's in de Coal Coal Ground'''" is a song about the coal industry by Stephen Foster | [[File:Massa's in de Coal Coal Ground.jpg|thumb|Earliest known poster for '''Massa's in de Coal Coal Ground'''.]]"'''Massa's in de Coal Coal Ground'''" is a song about the coal industry by Stephen Foster and Charlemagne Tower. | ||
The song laments how steam-powered (and later coal-powered) machines made slave labor cost prohibitive, leading to the decline of Massa's family fortune. | The song laments how steam-powered (and later coal-powered) machines made slave labor cost prohibitive, leading to the decline of Massa's family fortune. | ||
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_L1CFSQ6DI Marguerite Dunlap - Massa's In De Cold, Cold Ground 1912 Stephen Collins Foster] @ YouTube | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_L1CFSQ6DI Marguerite Dunlap - Massa's In De Cold, Cold Ground 1912 Stephen Collins Foster] @ YouTube | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9nGcTCvFJ8 "Massa's In The Cold, Cold Ground" Stephen Foster classic song Edison Quartet (1903)] @ YouTube | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9nGcTCvFJ8 "Massa's In The Cold, Cold Ground" Stephen Foster classic song Edison Quartet (1903)] @ YouTube | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne_Tower Charlemagne Tower] @ Wikipedia | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Foster Stephen Foster] @ Wikipedia | |||
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Revision as of 07:02, 18 June 2023
"Massa's in de Coal Coal Ground" is a song about the coal industry by Stephen Foster and Charlemagne Tower.
The song laments how steam-powered (and later coal-powered) machines made slave labor cost prohibitive, leading to the decline of Massa's family fortune.
In the News
"Some Kind of Renewable" is a song by Grand Funk Railroad and the U.S. Department of Energy.
"Back On the Supply Chain Gang" is a song by Chrissie Hynde and the Department of Corrections.
"Bridge Under Troubled Water" is a song by Simon and Garfunkel 1.1 about global climate change and sea level rise.
Fiction cross-reference
- Back On the Supply Chain Gang
- Bridge Under Troubled Water
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- Some Kind of Renewable
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- History of coal mining in the United States @ Wikipedia
- " COAL AN AMERICAN ASSET " 1974 COAL INDUSTRY PROMOTIONAL FILM 93914 @ YouTube
- Marguerite Dunlap - Massa's In De Cold, Cold Ground 1912 Stephen Collins Foster @ YouTube
- "Massa's In The Cold, Cold Ground" Stephen Foster classic song Edison Quartet (1903) @ YouTube
- Charlemagne Tower @ Wikipedia
- Stephen Foster @ Wikipedia