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Stanley Kolodziejpski and Nicky Suppa
Ran the cage in the No5 Shaft at the Mine
It wasn't the backbreaking work of a mucker
At four bucks a day they were doing just fine
Mike Parnettaand Melvin Markoscic
Two Ukrainian boys from Old Saskatchewan
Whothree weeks agocame here seeking their fortune,
By working a drillin a hole underground
Damn the Dogsdamn the cable
Why was I unable to keep these men safe,
As they went down the mine?
The dogs had been testedthe cable inspected
Yet somehow they failed and all 16 men died
Eino Niemi was learning the ropes from Russ Dillon
A gunnera herocome back from the war
The sample gang's a good jobthere's no heavy lifting;
They watched over and carried small light bags of ore
Eero Kohtala was laid off in Whitney,
'twas a reluctant return to the mucking machine
Tauno Voutilainen couldn't stop smiling,
His sonin the Navycoming home on leave
Mervin Appleyardshouldn't have been there
Coughing and wheezinghe should have stayed home
And young Larry Dubeau who's dad gave up his spot
So his son could impress his new crew down below
Damn the Dogsdamn the cable
Why was I unable to keep these men safe,
As they went down the mine?
The dogs had been testedthe cable inspected
Yet somehow they failed and all 16 men died
Arthur Beland had eleven children
A good family man like Ligouri Lauzon
Albert PlourdeAlphonse Augerboth pious men,
Who were found every Sunday at Eglise St Antoine
Mike Mohoruk said his son was stationed at Borden
And when he spoke of him his eyes welled with pride
And Ubald Legault was thought the only survivor,
So heavily injured,
At surface he died
Damn the Dogsdamn the cable
Why was I unable to keep these men
Safe at they went down the mine?
The dogs had been testedthe cable inspected
Yet somehow they failed and all 16 men died