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| Name = Open Pit Mine |
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| artist = [[George Jones]] |
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| album = The New Favorites of George Jones |
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| B-side = Geronimo |
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| released = 1962 |
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| recorded = 1962 |
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| Genre = [[Country music|Country]] |
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| genre = [[Country music|Country]] |
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| length = 3:09 |
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| label = [[United Artists Records|United Artists]] |
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| writer = Delbert T. Gentry |
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| Last single = "[[She Thinks I Still Care]]"<br>(1962) |
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| producer = [[Pappy Daily]] |
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| This single = "'''Open Pit Mine'''"<br>(1962) |
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| prev_title = [[She Thinks I Still Care]] |
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| prev_year = 1962 |
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| next_title = [[A Girl I Used to Know]] |
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| next_year = 1962 |
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"'''Open Pit Mine'''" is a [[murder ballad]] by [[George Jones]]. It was composed by |
"'''Open Pit Mine'''" is a [[murder ballad]] by [[George Jones]]. It was composed by Delbert T. Gentry and released as Jones' third single for [[United Artists Records|United Artists]] in 1962. |
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| "Open Pit Mine" | ||||
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| Single by George Jones | ||||
| from the album The New Favorites of George Jones | ||||
| B-side | "Geronimo" | |||
| Released | 1962 | |||
| Recorded | 1962 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:09 | |||
| Label | United Artists | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Delbert T. Gentry | |||
| Producer(s) | Pappy Daily | |||
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"Open Pit Mine" is a murder ballad by George Jones. It was composed by Delbert T. Gentry and released as Jones' third single for United Artists in 1962.
Background
[edit]"Open Pit Mine" is a first person narrative that tells the story of an unnamed Arizona copper miner and his wife Rosie. The man states that "there was nothing for Rosie that I wouldn't do" and it is her love that inspires him to continue with his dreary work. However, after learning that she has been having an affair, he shoots her and her lover "while their arms were entwined" and buries her body in the open pit mine. The final verse of the song is ambiguous, implying suicide:
- I took a look at my future
- and what did I see?
- There was nothing but trouble
- awaiting for me
- But on the sun's next risin'
- I'll be satisfied
- 'Cause they'll find me there sleeping
- by my sweet Rose's side
The song was atypical for Jones, containing no chorus and sparse, folk-tinged instrumentation. The song reached number 13 on the country singles chart. He would recut the song a few years later on the Musicor label.
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