Months ago, we posted a song list in support of the families of coal miners. We’re reprinting it now, as mining families face another deadly accident, with hope that their loved ones will be brought home safely.

1. Aberfan Coal Tip Tragedy Thom Parrott; Neon Princess (Folkways)
2. Big Bad John Jimmy Dean; Greatest Hits (Columbia)
3. Dark As A Dungeon Johnny Cash; Essential Johnny Cash (Columbia)
4. Dying Miner Woody Guthrie; Struggle (Smithsonian Folkways)
5. Hard Working Miner Sarah Ogan Gunning; Harlan County USA-Songs Of The Coal Miner’s Struggle (Rounder)
6. Miner’s Life Weavers; Reunion-At Carnegie Hall-1963-#2 (Vanguard)
7. New York Mining Disaster 1941 (Have You Seen My Wife, Mr. Jones) Bee Gees; Gold (Polydor)
8. You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive Patty Loveless; Mountain Soul (Epic)

Find more songs about miners in the GreenBookofSongs.com® category Mining.

As Congress is considering health care reform, we compiled this playlist of songs for those most affected by this debate – the patients.

1. Black Lung Hazel Dickens; Coal Mining Women-C (Rounder)
2. Cancer My Chemical Romance; The Black Parade (Reprise)
3. Chemo Limo Regina Spektor; Soviet Kitsch (Sire)
4. Make It Go Away (Radiation Song) Sheryl Crow; Detours (A&M/Interscope) Talking Cancer Blues Dave Van Ronk; Van Ronk (Fantasy)
5. Who’s Gonna Feed Them Hogs Tom T. Hall; Greatest Hits-#2 (Mercury)

For more songs about this subject, see the GreenBookofSongs.com® category Pain & Healing: Medical.