In the town of Springhill you don’t sleep easy, Often the earth will tremble and roll, When the earth is restless miners die, The Ballad of Springhill. "Springhill" was originally performed Peggy Seeger with her then boyfriend (later husband) Ewan MacColl as an a cappella duet. In the town of Springhill, Nova Scotia. Bone and blood is the price of coal. They sang the song at the 1960 Newport Folk Festival with guitar accompaniment and recorded it in 1983 for their joint album, Freeborn Man. In the town of Springhill, you don't sleep easy. Often the earth will tremble and roll. Day still comes and the sun still shines. Lyrics to Ballad of Springhill by Tom Juravich from the Songs From the Film Out of Darkness (The Mine Workers' Story) album - including song video, artist biography, translations and … Late in the year of fifty-eight. When the earth is restless, miners die. In the town of Springhill, Nova Scotia, Down in the dark of the Cumberland Mine, There’s blood on the coal, And the miners lie, In roads that never saw sun or sky, Roads that never saw sun or sky.