'Black Lung' by The Dead South w/lyrics

Tags: The Dead South, Black Lung, Sugar & Joy album, JC Ortiz, Coal Miners, Bluegrass, Six Shooter Records, OurVinyl.TV, West Virginia, Folk, Devil Duck Records, Curve Music, Nathaniel Hilts, Scott Pringle, Colton "Crawdaddy" Crawford, Danny Kenyon
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This video, and its making, was one of my most inspired works to date. Why? Because I've always loved Bluegrass music, and The Dead South nails it when it comes go Bluegrass music! (Note to self: make more vids from bluegrass songs) :)

This song is about the plight of miners, which was written by JC Ortiz, who is a singer/songwriter, and mostly writes songs of Grit, Coal Miners & Space. To find out more about him see this link:

As far as the Dead South goes and this video. I've been meaning to do this vid for sometime. But, got distracted in re-creating the scene from thier official video in what appears to be an abandonded building in 3D. This is almost complete, but I'm a perfectionist so its taking me a long time! LOL

Here is The Dead South's website:

I had to run with this as its just too inspiring to let it drag on much longer. Hope you enjoy the video!

** Full credits start at the end of the song**

Lyrics are included in the production, but also here:
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Basically we are all alone in the centre of a pickaxe mine
Black lung stings as the pickaxe swings
As the void of the mine closes in

The Devil came and the Angels sang
The Song of the Holy Ghost
Tempted the soul from the pennies to the gold
Like the dust I spit from my mouth

Whoa-oa-oh-oh-oh-oa, whoa-oh-oh-oh-oa
Whoa-oa-oh-oh-oh-oa, whoa-oh-oh-oh-oa

Remember the night with the barroom fight
Where I killed all of my best friends
We gambled it away with the whiskey open keg
And we never saw it again

Well I had a wife that I met back in high school
Her name was Lyla-Jean
We saved away to escape some place
On a local miner's minor pay

Whoa-oa-oh-oh-oh-oa, whoa-oh-oh-oh-oa
Whoa-oa-oh-oh-oh-oa, whoa-oh-oh-oh-oa

We saved so long the fall came and gone
At least 27 times
It fell through the floorboards into deep dark darkness
And we never saw it again

West Virginia's home and that's where we're staying
To the blade of the bible hymn
Jesus says we're wicked so we just keep on pickin'
At the scab of the open mine

Whoa-oa-oh-oh-oh-oa, whoa-oh-oh-oh-oa
Whoa-oa-oh-oh-oh-oa, whoa-oh-oh-oh-oa
Whoa-oa-oh-oh-oh-oa, whoa-oh-oh-oh-oa
Whoa-oa-oh-oh-oh-oa, whoa-oh-oh-oh-oa

[valerienelson]

I love this so much!! ❤ it just crossed my path today. 😁 my family were coal miners in WV in the 1800's and my mother's family moved to OH 100 years ago and had deep mines here. 😁❤

[christopherjackson]

My introduction to these guys was with "In Hell I'll Be In Good Company" . . . they do bluegrass American folk really, really well for being from Canada. Thanks for your effort, @hodgeutoo!

[sherrymacphail]

Deep South ...this is awesome and makes me cry! Thanks Deep South! My Dad worked in hard rock mines in Saskatchewan and Manitoba and in open pit mining and lungs from that killed him. My husband also worked in open pit mining... it still bothers him today what mining does to our beautiful country and people. This song eptomizes mining and what they do to people and their families who work in these mines. There are still mines to this day...

[kane]

I can't believe no one has commented on your video, man... It was a great video!

[teacherleo]

Beautiful clip but hard to follow the lyrics.

[garytaylor]

The only thing about DS is after hearing them for an extended period of time the other music I think is great don't sound as good anymore.