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Miner's Reward

from Jewell Ridge Coal by Jeni & Billy

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    Jewell Ridge Coal is steeped in the traditions of the mine and the families whose lives depended on them. The production is simple and uncluttered; the lead instrument is clearly the voice of Jeni, for whom these songs are like members of the family.
    – Wayne Winkler, Now & Then: The Journal of Appalachian Culture

    Jewell Ridge Coal is the best CD by folk, edge of bluegrass artists I've heard in a long time. Jeni's singing sounds to me like a cross between the young Hazel Dickens and Iris Dement. The songs range from raw and powerful to sweet and funny. The instrumental work is excellent and the harmony is just what you'd want it to be." – Si Kahn, Songwriter and Activist

    A six panel eco-friendly wallet, designed by Jeni and her father, Greg Hankins, featuring photos from Jewell Ridge and the Smith Family archives. A 16-page booklet includes all lyrics and credits — plus more photos of Jewell Ridge. The envelope also includes a souvenir postcard.

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Miner’s Reward

with respect for the witness of Nimrod Workman
and the work of Barbara Kopple

I ain’t seen the sun
in many long days.
Get up in the dark
and go home that-a-way.

‘Cept Sunday, thank God,
when my work is all done.
I wake in the morn
to the light of the sun.

My God, He is mighty,
as Exodus says.
My God, He is humble —
for me He chose death.

Though death will not spare me,
I’ll fear not the grave.
No mines up in Heaven,
just sunshine in spades.

No, I ain’t seen the sun
in many long days,
but I’ll see my reward
in Heaven some day.

Yes, I’ll see my reward
in Heaven some day.

© 2007 Jeni Hankins & Billy Kemp, BMI

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from Jewell Ridge Coal, released January 1, 2008

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Jeni Hankins London, UK

Jeni Hankins grew up in the coalfields of Appalachian in Southwest Virginia among a family of miners, moonshiners, and journalists. Her writing pulls the grit, gumption, and keen sense of observation out of that heritage like drawing water from her grandmother’s well.

In every song, Jeni’s “true sense of place shines through – old as the hills, but brand new at the same time.”
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