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Dark Lords Of The Mine

from Freakons by Freakons

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The album opens with the epic Dark Lords Of The Mine, wherein Jon Langford channels fellow Welshman, Richard Burton, the son of a coal miner. Burton’s “Great Atlantic Fault” is a mythical seam of coal running from the Basque country of Northern Spain, beneath the Bay of Biscay, up through Wales and all the way to the Appalachian mountains of Kentucky. Rising from this fantastical submarine chasm, the FREAKONS now stand upon the bones of these ancient forests and flattened dinosaurs.

lyrics

Google Richard Burton
Dick Cavett New York 1980
The first in his family
To not go underground

The underworld is ours
The dark lords of the mine
Borrowing the earth
Until the end of time

Standing on the corner
Bow legs and hostile eyes
Arrogant strut,
Muscular buttocks
5 foot 3 is the perfect size
For sneering at the doctor’s daughter
Looking down from below
We’re the aristocracy
Of the working class you know

The underworld is ours
The darks lords of the mine
Burrow in the earth
Waiting for our time

Beneath the Bay of Biscay
Into Wales from Basque Country
Out under the Atlantic
To Pennsylvania and Kentucky

The Great Atlantic Fault
That all miners share
The gorgeous glistening seam
Black as Cleopatra’s hair

The coal dust in the air
The cold eternal rain
Singing in the dark
Before the machines came
I came down here so young
In my nails my lungs
The dust is settled now

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from Freakons, released March 25, 2022

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Mekons + Freakwater = FREAKONS

Freakwater and the Mekons have joined forces to sing songs about coal mining. FREAKONS, the new eponymously-titled album on Fluff & Gravy Records, is the first fruit of this visionary musical union. ... more

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