Muhlenberg County Song

Also worked worked for peabody coal company and p m coal company both helped haul paradise away.

Muhlenberg county song. Baptised in the green river where hwy 176 ended in the green river at paradise where the song paradise was written about. This song is dedicated to the people of my home county in kentucky. Here are some of the famous people that are from ky around and in muhlenberg. Ginni latham from bartlett il my family is from muhlenberg.

Of all the songs he s known for it s the one about an old muhlenberg county town fans in this county hold the closest to their heart. The song references the peabody coal company and a town called paradise in muhlenberg county kentucky where the tennessee valley authority operated the paradise fossil plant a coal fired electric generating station. Muhlenberg county held kentucky s first commercial coal mine opened in 1820 as the mclean drift bank along the green river in the former village of paradise. I spent mose of my summers and long weekends down incentral.

And daddy won t you take me back to muhlenberg county down by the green river where paradise lay well i m sorry my son but you re too late in asking mister peabody s coal train has hauled it away and daddy won t you take me back to muhlenberg county down by the green river where paradise lay well i m sorry my son but you re too late in asking. The mine and its impact on the community are referenced in the john prine song paradise. Other major employers in muhlenberg county include. Fox theater 10 18 14 atlanta georgia.

And daddy won t you take me back to muhlenberg county down by the green river where paradise lay well i m sorry my son but you re too late in asking mister peabody s coal train has hauled it away when i die let my ashes float down the green river let my soul roll on up to the rochester dam i ll be halfway to heaven with paradise waitin. The song is also about what happened to the area around the green river in kentucky because of strip mining. The area has. The song about paradise was one of my favorites.