Bono (Spoken): Like to... I'd like to try a song that I think we've only played once before, so. This is a city that a... a lot of Irish people came to this city, right? So this time... this Irish... the Irish people came as rock and roll band, okay? So... but this is a folk song. It's like... the Irish kinda' hold America in a very special place because, for over a hundred years or more, Irish have come over here to find work and find a future. And they brought with them songs, old Irish folk songs that became old American folk songs. And, I hope maybe we'd leave behind some songs one day. This is a song written by Peggy Seeger. It's a song... I wished I'd heard this song on the radio during the miners' strike in England a few years ago. This is called Springhill Mining Disaster..
In the town of Spring Hill, Nova Scotia. Down in the heart of the Cumberland Mine. There's blood on the coal and miners lie. In the roads that never saw sun or sky.
In the town of Spring Hill, Nova Scotia. Down in the heart of the Cumberland Mine. There's blood on the coal and miners lie. In the roads that never saw sun or sky.
Old friend, comrade of mine. Once again you're on my mind. There's always a place, there's always a time. To think of days gone by. . We spent too long apart.
A is for altar where we go astray. B for the bills that begin the next day. C for the cuffs and the collars of shirts. D is for dishes and dusting and dirt.