| The Coal Bin Miscellaneous Odds and Ends about the Coal Region |
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O Lord, after I have worked my last day
and come out of the earth and have placed my feet on Thy footstool,
let me use the tools of Prudence, Faith, Hope and Charity.
From now on till I will be called to sign my last payroll,
make all the cables in the machinery strong with Thy Love.
Supply all the gangways, slopes and chambers
with The Pure Air Of Thy Grace and
let The Light Of Hope be my guidance and
when my last picking and shoveling is done,
may my last car be Full Of Thy Grace and
give me The Holy Bible for my last shift,
so that Thou, The General Superintendent of all colieries can say:
"WELL DONE THOU GOOD, FAITHFUL MINER
COME AND SIGN THE PAYROLL AND RECEIVE THE CHECK
OF ETERNAL HAPPINESS."
Amen
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Shenandoah as Tourist Attraction
The following is from the "For the Tourist" section of a Shenandoah Chamber of Commerce brochure, probably printed in the late 1970's:
"Since they possess a number of specific attributes that render them distinctive and unusual, there are many points of interest in the Shenandoah area that have appeal to the tourist. The most striking of such features are the sphere-capped spires of the Catholic, Protestant, and Greek Churches that tower over the community, lending an almost foreign air. Interesting, also, are the large number of abandoned stripping operations, resulting in the mining landscape and featuring the barren and jumbled terrain, bizarre and grotesque, but, nevertheless, mesmeric in quality. Spoil banks and rock banks from coal preparation plants present the most awe-inspiring example of earth manipulation ever produced by man."
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There's a wonderful place that you really should see
Called the Land of Hatchy Milatchy
All boys and girls love this place yes siree
Called the Land of Hatchy Milatchy
Peppermint candy and ice cream is free
In the Land of Hatchy Milatchy
Soda pop fountains are under each tree
In the Land of Hatchy Milatchy
Everyone rides on a-merry-go-round
All made of sugar and spice
Lollipops grow right out of the ground
The moon's made of strawberry ice
If you should run and you trip and you fall
In the Land of Hatchy Milatchy
The ground's made of rubber, you bounce like a ball
In the Land of Hatchy Milatchy
Oh you play the whole day and you don't go to bed
In the Land of Hatchy Milatchy
Mommies and Daddies are put there instead
In the Land of Hatchy Milatchy
Hundreds of bunnies all lay Easter eggs
In the Land of Hatchy Milatchy
Ride on a pony with candy striped legs
In the Land of Hatchy Milatchy
Each day is always a big holiday. Birthdays and parties galore!
Dollies and bicycles given away, whenever you walk in a store
When I return then I never will leave
The Land of Hatchy Milatchy
If you want to go all you do is believe
In the Land of Hatchy Milatchy.