Bluebell from cabin songs by Ilana Cameron

This song is about the Bluebell Mine in Riondel, some parts are true others are fabrications that I came across that were just too good to leave out.

Taken from: http://www.creston.museum.bc.ca/webpage/id/13
This early settler era saw a renewal of interest in mining in the region which gained international notoriety in 1885 with the murder of Thomas Hammill by Robert Sproule at the Blue Bell mine just north of Creston. The affair reached the newspapers of Toronto, Chicago, New York and London, England, tested Canadian, American and British diplomacy, and was concluded at the Supreme Court of Canada. The most prominent mine was the Alice mine, located on Goat Mountain and staked in 1890. Several other mineral-bearing sites were also discovered before the turn of the century.

Tracklist

1.	Bluebell	4:28

Lyrics

The toil in the soil
that the rocks could tell
if they could tell their stories.

Lead, zinc and silver
was the ore they found
when the dug down deep in the ground,
when the dug down deep in the ground.

Hearst sent his men
to steal Sproule’s claim
they were caught in a deadly game.

Camped on the mountain
across the lake
they waited for his mistake,
they waited for his mistake.

Bluebell, Bluebell
Bluebell, my Silver Queen.

Lead for their musket shells
Ktunaxa did find
their glory holes began this mine.

Hammil and Sproule
were the first to fall
in a town by the name of Hendryx.

Bluebell, Bluebell,
Bluebell, my Silver Queen.

The toil in your soil
that the rocks could tell
if they could they their stories.

Lead, zinc and silver
was the ore they found
when they dug down deep in the ground,
when the dug down deep in the ground.

Bluebell, Bluebell,
Bluebell, my Silver Queen.

Credits

from cabin songs, released December 27, 2012
Ilana Cameron: rhodes and vocals, Kurt Goltz: acoustic guitar, Karl Sommerfeld: violin and Gary Snow: acoustic bass.

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