In the West Virginia Coal Fields back in 1921,
the National Guard, the State Police and the Coal Company guns
shot down a hundred miners
the bosses saw as pawns
And up on old Blair mountain
The ghosts are feeling strong
When they marched on up and took fort
They weren’t happy to see them shot down
At the Logan County Courthouse
Coal cops fired their rounds
Ten thousand Union miners are buddy Mingo bound
And they say up on Blair Mountain, that you can still here the sound
Blair Mountain
Bombs keep raining down
Machine guns on the ridgeline
Turn the union around!
They say that mountains only worth the coal that’s in the ground
But the ghosts of those dead miners are still out walking around
Well walking on that mountain
Brings the fighting outta me
Thinking of those good men and the fat cat companies
And now they want to tear Blair Mountain down to erase the memories
For a little bit of coal just to sell across the sea
Blair Mountain
Bombs keep raining down
Machine guns on the ridgeline
Turn the union around!
They say that mountains only worth the coal that’s in the ground
But the ghosts of all those miners are still out walking around
But it’s a fight to make a living
And it’s a fight to get along
It’s a fight back in the hills over what is right and wrong
They made the mountain thunder
And the fights still going on
But there won’t be much to fight for if Blair Mountains gone
Blair Mountain
Bombs keep raining down
Machine guns on the ridgeline
Turn the union around!
They say that mountains only worth the coal that’s in the ground
But the ghosts of all those miners are still out walking around
Lyrics Submitted by Oktoberi Marijnissen-Tarter