The Sago Mine Disaster

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#9999CC" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0ac105a1ezuabz.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Lonesome Ride Bluegrass</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lonesome Ride Bluegrass"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="lonesome_ride1b.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lonesome Ride Bluegrass"><U>Lonesome Ride Bluegrass</U></A>   |   <A HREF="jessica_lynch.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jessica Lynch Song"><U>Jessica Lynch Song</U></A>   |   <A HREF="sago_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sago Mine"><U>Sago Mine</U></A>   |   <B>The Sago Mine Disaster</B>   |   <A HREF="southern_storm.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Southern Storm"><U>Southern Storm</U></A>   |   <A HREF="civil_war.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Civil War "><U>Civil War  </U></A>   |   <A HREF="lonesome_ride.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lonesome Ride Bluegrass Products"><U>Lonesome Ride Bluegrass Products</U></A>   |   <A HREF="smith_publishing.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Smith Publishing Mercantile "><U>Smith Publishing Mercantile </U></A>   |   <A HREF="the_smiths_of_brush_run23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Smiths of Brush Run Heritage Foundat"><U>The Smiths of Brush Run Heritage Foundation</U></A>   |   <A HREF="civil_war_music.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Civil War Music "><U>Civil War Music </U></A>   |   <A HREF="civil_war_book.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Civil War Book "><U>Civil War Book  </U></A>   |   <A HREF="civil_war_music17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Civil War Bluegrass Music "><U>Civil War Bluegrass Music  </U></A>   |   <A HREF="civil_war_songs.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Civil War Songs "><U>Civil War Songs </U></A>   |   <A HREF="the_smiths_of_brush_run.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Smiths of Brush Run"><U>The Smiths of Brush Run</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="General Joseph A. 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Anderson, Alva Martin Bennett, Jim Bennett, Jerry Groves, George Hamner, Terry Helms, Jessie Jones, David Lewis, Martin Toler, Jr., Fred Ware, Jr., Jack Weaver, Marshall Winams and Randall McCloy,Jr.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>To purchase a CD of the Ballad,  </B></div> <div> <B>click on </B><B>     </B><A HREF="smith_publishing.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Smith Publishing Mercantile "><U><B>Smith Publishing Merchantile</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>To </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Contact</B></FONT><B> us Click on the following link</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="https://secure.blueoctane.net/forms/RA1HJPNUCMTV" TARGET="_top" TITLE="https://secure.blueoctane.net/forms/RA1H"><U><B>  </B></U></A><A HREF="https://secure.blueoctane.net/forms/RA1HJPNUCMTV" TARGET="_top" TITLE="https://secure.blueoctane.net/forms/RA1H"><U><B>   </B></U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000CC" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="https://secure.blueoctane.net/forms/RA1HJPNUCMTV" TARGET="_top" TITLE="https://secure.blueoctane.net/forms/RA1H"><U><B>   https://secure.blueoctane.net/forms/RA1HJPNUCMTV</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <B> </B>                                                                                                                                                                                          </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Send Check or money order for $6.00 to;</B></div> <div> <B>Lonesome Ride</B></div> <div> <B>5031 Hackers Creek Rd.</B></div> <div> <B>Weston WV 26452</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Two of the  8 Verses</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Ballad of The Sago Mine Disaster, January 2, 2006</B></div> <div> <B>Verse 1</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Thirteen men went down that day </B></div> <div> <B>In the sago Mine just to earn their pay</B></div> <div> <B>They went two miles down in that shaft</B></div> <div> <B>and were trapped down there by an awful blast.</B></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>              </B></FONT>   <B>  Chorus:                 And the Lord said, "sons your work is done</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Just take my hand I'll lead you home."</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Verse 8</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>                                              Now let's stand together and pray for them</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Their families, children and all their friends.</B></div> <div> <B>Copyright 2006                         And for those brave men who went inside</B></div> <div> <B>Lonesome Ride Bluegrass           To rescue brothers from the Sago mine.</B></div> <div> <B>Shawn & Tom Smith</B></div> <div> <B>5031 Hackers Creek Rd.                                                                 </B></div> <div> <B>Weston, WV 26452                        </B></div> <div> <B>304-269-6386                            </B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>        </B></div> </td> </tr></table></body>