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On the east side of Vancouver Island in 1889
They dug for coal up in this valley
And so was born the Cumberland mines
And the workers, they came from China and the islands of Japan
They came from Italy and the Ukraine
The British Isles and France

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You can still smell the coal dust
As if it were suspended in time
In our hearts we remember the miners
Who worked their lives
In the Cumberland mines

They cut a road from the beach at Royston
They built a pier at Union Bay
They built the tipples and the railroad
To haul the coal away

There were strikes, fires and cave ins
There were men lost below
But the people here we stand together
If you haven't lived here you wouldn't know

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As of men and the time we're given
As we know turn to dust
The shafts are sealed and the tunnels are flooded
And all the rails have turned to rust

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from Diary of a Coaltown, released June 21, 2008
Gordon Carter - Vocals and Guitar
Mary Murphy - Harmonies
Bob Romano - Mandolin

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