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Bucket of Coal

from Diary of a Coaltown by Gordon Carter

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Jimmy Brown was a fireman on a coal company train
The tracks run by the front of our house I remember likes its yesterday
The times were hard and the money was tight and the winters were long and cold
The engineer would look the other way Jim would kick off a bucket of coal

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He started kicking at the crossing when the train went slow
I used to walk the tracks with my brother and my dad and pick up a bucket of coal.


You could here the train whistle blowing all the way from Royston Road
I can close my eyes and still see Jim standing on top of the load
Daddy said the train is coming run and get the bucket son
Used to chase my little brother down the tracks man that little bugger could run.

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Now there's fine trimmed lawns all along where the railway used to run
They're sitting out there in their easy chairs in the afternoon sun.
If you listen real hard you can still hear that steam whistle blow
And old Jimmy yelling from the top of the load Carter come and pickup that coal.


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from Diary of a Coaltown, released June 21, 2008
Gordon Carter - Vocals and Guitar
Todd Butler - Harmonies and Guitar

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