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Coal mining

Gee, another coal mining disaster. Do you think putting the fox in charge of the hen house might have a bearing? Here are some songs in honor of the miners and their families:

1. Paradise by John Prine from Great Days: Anthology
2. Coal-Owner And The Poor Pitman's Wife by Enoch Kent from For The Women
3. Down In The Coalmine by the Friends of Fiddler's Green from This Side Of The Ocean

For the blue moon

Tonight's a blue moon. Let's celebrate:

1. Once In A Very Blue Moon by Nanci Griffith from Once In A Very Blue Moon
2. Blue Moon by Da Vinci's Notebook from Bendy's Law
3. Blue Moon of Kentucky by James Monroe from The Legend Lives On: A Tribute to Bill Monroe

May Day

It's May Day! :

1. The Lusty Month of May by Julie Andrews from Camelot
2. Lick the Maypole by the Mediaeval Baebes from The Rose
3. One May Mornin' by Enoch Kent from Songs Of Love, Lust & Loathing
4. May Morning Dew by Dolores Keane from Dolores Keane
5. Swinton May Song by the Watersons from For Pence And Spicy Ale
6. 'Twas In The Pleasant Month Of May by William Pint & Felicia Dale from Hartwell Horn
7. Cinco de Mayo by Brave Combo from Holidays!

The wet season

What happens when you get 15" of heavy wet snow on Monday that is mostly melted by Thursday? Mud, mud and more mud, plus rivers where none ran before. So here are a group of songs for the season:

1. The Hippopotamus Song by Flanders & Swann from At the Drop of a Hat
2. Romping Through The Swamp by Dave Van Ronk from The Mayor Of MacDougal Street: Rarities 1957-1969
3. Wade In The Water by Judy Henske from Judy Henske

Rapping?

To rap or not to rap?

1. Rap Your Willie by the Reduced Shakespeare Company from Radio Show
2. Folk Rap by the Limeliters from Until We Get It Right
3. Appalachian Rap by Trifolkal from Tao from the Mountain
4. The Appalachian Rap/Grub Springs by Mike Cross from Creme De La Cross - The Best Of The Funny Stuff