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COAL MINERS SONGS OF JOBAN
(Joban Tanko Bushi)

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 Coal Miner's Songs of foban HCJft&tr
{JobanTanko Bushi)

From six in the morn, -,7 - g1o)^ft+h,

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I work in the mine, r. E +, tA)
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Carryinga lanternto and fro- tnn;6t- t (= - l'"J/1')*flOl:Dl

(-' Tp f i:iJ)
All for my parents' sake.

Three thousand feet down the mine -. ? - gli=+,(

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And you are in hell; (-, ,r e f , .,.rj)
Ere longyou'll lie amongthe dust *tt&..|i^O e - r.""/l) ltii6 j

Of an abandonedmine. (., r s {r- trj)

You explodedynamite, ,\7 - 2\, ,: h,OtL,ril1ft1;Aia ]

You'll find some fragments left over; (-, rD
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And the fragmentswill bring r&7"+l!ftnt(: - 1'":/r) 6tt6l
(-' + P {5' tti)
Cold enoughfor you.

Listen,you young girls" tR ii.1it 6*orFltj

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\Mivesof coalminers (-, iE S,ttJ)

EnJf,4t*br-(" - t: r)#1$*!
Will becomewidows "
(-, +e {5,trJ)
The moment the rocks fall.

J6ban coal mines in Ibaraai Prefecture, Ube jn Chugoku, and Chikubu in

K y u s h u h a v e A r v e n b j r t h t o c i m i l a r b o n C sa c r h e s p s i n . p r r - p b F 3 i r , n i n Co t l h c
Meiji era-

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