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Working In A Coalmine / Dark As A Dungeon / Sixteen Tons / The Legend Of John Henry’s Hammer (Live: ‘This Is Tom Jones’ TV show, London, 1969-71)
by Tom Jones
About This Song
About "Working In A Coalmine / Dark As A Dungeon / Sixteen Tons / The Legend Of John Henry’s Hammer (Live: ‘This Is Tom Jones’ TV show, London, 1969-71)" by Tom Jones
Coal dust and hammer blows. Jones turns Merle Travis and Tennessee Ernie Ford into a gritty suite of labor and legend, his voice carrying the weight of a pickaxe. The band stomps like a work gang, dark as a dungeon and just as relentless.