Artist: Merle Travis
Author: Merle Travis
Label: Capitol
Year: 1947
Miner song on his album Folksongs From The Hills. See also: Sixteen Tons and Nine Pound Hammer.
Covers:
Tennessee Ernie Ford [one year after his world hit with Travis' Sixteen Tons]
Green River Boys [with Glen Campbell]
Two Tones [with Gordon Lightfoot]
Joni Mitchell [for a radio station in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan]
Johnny Silvo [as Down In The Mine on lp Alex Campbell & Friends introducing Sandy Denny]
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band [on bluegrass monument Will The Circle Be Unbroken, feat. Merle Travis]
Chieftains [with Vince Gill]
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