Damn the Dogs

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DAVID MICHAEL HARTT

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Stanley Kolodziejpski and Nicky Suppa
Ran the cage in the No5 Shaft at the Mine
It wasn't the backbreaking work of a mucker
At four bucks a day they were doing just fine

Mike Parnettaand  Melvin Markoscic
Two Ukrainian boys from Old Saskatchewan
Whothree weeks agocame here seeking their fortune,
By working a drillin a hole underground

Damn the Dogsdamn the cable
Why was I unable to keep these men safe,
As they went down the mine?
The dogs had been testedthe cable inspected
Yet somehow they failed and all 16 men died

Eino Niemi was learning the ropes from Russ Dillon
A gunnera herocome back from the war
The sample gang's a good jobthere's no heavy lifting;
They watched over and carried small light bags of ore

Eero Kohtala was laid off in Whitney,
'twas a reluctant return to the mucking machine
Tauno Voutilainen couldn't stop smiling,
His sonin the Navycoming home on leave

Mervin Appleyardshouldn't have been there
Coughing and wheezinghe should have stayed home
And young Larry Dubeau who's dad gave up his spot
So his son could impress his new crew down below

Damn the Dogsdamn the cable
Why was I unable to keep these men safe,
As they went down the mine?
The dogs had been testedthe cable inspected
Yet somehow they failed and all 16 men died

Arthur Beland had eleven children
A good family man like Ligouri Lauzon
Albert PlourdeAlphonse Augerboth pious men,
Who were found every Sunday at Eglise St Antoine

Mike Mohoruk said his son was stationed at Borden
And when he spoke of him his eyes welled with pride
And Ubald Legault was thought the only survivor,
So heavily injured,
At surface he died

Damn the Dogsdamn the cable
Why was I unable to keep these men
Safe at they went down the mine?
The dogs had been testedthe cable inspected
Yet somehow they failed and all 16 men died
Somehow they failed and all 16 men died

My name's unimportant
I was the hoistman,
These 16 I'll carry
To my dying day

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