Massa's in de Coal Coal Ground

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.

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  "Some Kind of Renewable" is a song by Grand Funk Railroad and the U.S. Department of Energy.

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  "Back On the Supply Chain Gang" is a song by Chrissie Hynde and the Department of Corrections.

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  "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

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

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