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[[File:Massa's in de Coal Coal Ground.jpg|thumb|Earliest known poster for '''Massa's in de Coal Coal Ground'''.]]"'''Massa's in de Coal Coal Ground'''" is a song about the coal industry by Stephen Foster 1.1.
[[File:Massa's in de Coal Coal Ground.jpg|thumb|Earliest known poster for '''Massa's in de Coal Coal Ground'''.]]"'''Massa's in de Coal Coal Ground'''" is a song about the coal industry by Stephen Foster and Charlemagne Tower.


The song laments how steam-powered (and later coal-powered) machines made slave labor cost prohibitive, leading to the decline of Massa's family fortune.
The song laments how steam-powered (and later coal-powered) machines made slave labor cost prohibitive, leading to the decline of Massa's family fortune.
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File:Behold the Mineral.jpg|link=Behold the Mineral|'''''[[Behold the Mineral]]''''' is a 1969 religious geological science fiction novel by British geologist Michael Moorcock.
File:Some Kind of Renewable.jpg|link=Some Kind of Renewable|"'''[[Some Kind of Renewable]]'''" is a song by Grand Funk Railroad and the U.S. Department of Energy.
File:Back On the Supply Chain Gang.jpg|link=Back On the Supply Chain Gang|"'''[[Back On the Supply Chain Gang]]'''" is a song by Chrissie Hynde and the Department of Corrections.
File:Back On the Supply Chain Gang.jpg|link=Back On the Supply Chain Gang|"'''[[Back On the Supply Chain Gang]]'''" is a song by Chrissie Hynde and the Department of Corrections.


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* [[Back On the Supply Chain Gang]]
* [[Back On the Supply Chain Gang]]
* ''[[Behold the Mineral]]''
* [[Bridge Under Troubled Water]]
* [[Bridge Under Troubled Water]]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[Some Kind of Renewable]]


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==


* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_coal_mining_in_the_United_States History of coal mining in the United States] @ Wikipedia
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wbuvCoun2E " COAL AN AMERICAN ASSET " 1974 COAL INDUSTRY PROMOTIONAL FILM 93914] @ YouTube
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_L1CFSQ6DI Marguerite Dunlap - Massa's In De Cold, Cold Ground 1912 Stephen Collins Foster] @ YouTube
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9nGcTCvFJ8 "Massa's In The Cold, Cold Ground" Stephen Foster classic song Edison Quartet (1903)] @ YouTube
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne_Tower Charlemagne Tower] @ Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Foster Stephen Foster] @ Wikipedia
=== Social media ===
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1694374486466785454 Post] @ Twitter (23 August 2023)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1607183329400348673 Post] @ Twitter (25 December 2022)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1526927632260120576 Post] @ Twitter (1 December 2021) - explanation
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1526927632260120576 Post] @ Twitter (1 December 2021) - explanation
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1466234952937259011 Post] @ Twitter (1 December 2021)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1466234952937259011 Post] @ Twitter (1 December 2021)


* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wbuvCoun2E " COAL AN AMERICAN ASSET " 1974 COAL INDUSTRY PROMOTIONAL FILM 93914] @ YouTube
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_L1CFSQ6DI Marguerite Dunlap - Massa's In De Cold, Cold Ground 1912 Stephen Collins Foster] @ YouTube


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[[Category:Coal (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Energy (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Energy (nonfiction)]]

Latest revision as of 11:32, 17 December 2023

Earliest known poster for Massa's in de Coal Coal Ground.

"Massa's in de Coal Coal Ground" is a song about the coal industry by Stephen Foster and Charlemagne Tower.

The song laments how steam-powered (and later coal-powered) machines made slave labor cost prohibitive, leading to the decline of Massa's family fortune.

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  • Post @ Twitter (23 August 2023)
  • Post @ Twitter (25 December 2022)
  • Post @ Twitter (1 December 2021) - explanation
  • Post @ Twitter (1 December 2021)