Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "\"Working in the Coal Mine\" is a song with music and lyrics by Allen Toussaint.After Toussaint returned to New Orleans from the Army (from 1963–65), he formed a production company, Sansu, with partner Marshall Sehorn. He produced a number of singles, performed by Lee Dorsey, followed in 1965–66, including \"Working in the Coal Mine\".The song is about the suffering of a man who gets up at 5 o'clock in the morning in order to work in the coal mine five days a week, where the conditions are very harsh and dangerous, but it's the only way to make money. The singer repeatedly asks the Lord, \"How long can this go on?\" In addition, he says that when the weekend rolls around, he's too exhausted to have any fun. In the instrumental section, as in the song's fade, he says: \"Lord, I'm so tired/How long can this go on?\"It was a hit for Lee Dorsey, released on Amy Records (catalog no. 958), and entered the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on July 23, 1966, eventually peaking at #8, while reaching #5 on the Billboard R&B chart. The song features the sound of a pick axe clinking, as if they were working in the mineshaft."@en }
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- Working_in_the_Coal_Mine abstract "\"Working in the Coal Mine\" is a song with music and lyrics by Allen Toussaint.After Toussaint returned to New Orleans from the Army (from 1963–65), he formed a production company, Sansu, with partner Marshall Sehorn. He produced a number of singles, performed by Lee Dorsey, followed in 1965–66, including \"Working in the Coal Mine\".The song is about the suffering of a man who gets up at 5 o'clock in the morning in order to work in the coal mine five days a week, where the conditions are very harsh and dangerous, but it's the only way to make money. The singer repeatedly asks the Lord, \"How long can this go on?\" In addition, he says that when the weekend rolls around, he's too exhausted to have any fun. In the instrumental section, as in the song's fade, he says: \"Lord, I'm so tired/How long can this go on?\"It was a hit for Lee Dorsey, released on Amy Records (catalog no. 958), and entered the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on July 23, 1966, eventually peaking at #8, while reaching #5 on the Billboard R&B chart. The song features the sound of a pick axe clinking, as if they were working in the mineshaft.".