Paradise

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"Paradise" is a folk-country song by John Prine that poignantly reflects on environmental destruction and the loss of his Kentucky hometown to coal mining.

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Paradise canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song ⓘ
about Paradise, Kentucky ⓘ
environmental impact of coal industry ⓘ
strip mining ⓘ
composer John Prine ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
firstReleaseDate 1971 ⓘ
genre country ⓘ
folk ⓘ
hasLyricsLine And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land ⓘ
Daddy, won’t you take me back to Muhlenberg County ⓘ
Mr. Peabody’s coal train has hauled it away ⓘ
Then the coal company came with the world’s largest shovel ⓘ
Well, sometimes we’d travel right down the Green River ⓘ
hasNotableCoverVersionBy Avett Brothers ⓘ
linked to: The Avett Brothers

Dwight Yoakam ⓘ
Garth Brooks ⓘ
Goose Creek Symphony ⓘ
Jim & Jesse ⓘ
John Denver ⓘ
John Fogerty ⓘ
Kathy Mattea ⓘ
Kenny Chesney ⓘ
Nanci Griffith ⓘ
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band ⓘ
Old Crow Medicine Show ⓘ
Roy Acuff ⓘ
Sturgill Simpson ⓘ
The Chieftains with John Prine ⓘ
linked to: The Chieftains

The Country Gentlemen ⓘ
The Everly Brothers ⓘ
The Seldom Scene ⓘ
The SteelDrivers ⓘ
Tom T. Hall ⓘ
Tyler Childers ⓘ
inspiredBy John Prine’s family visits to Paradise, Kentucky ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist John Prine ⓘ
narrativeLocation Muhlenberg County, Kentucky ⓘ
originallyPublishedIn John Prine (album) ⓘ
partOf John Prine (1971 debut album) ⓘ
performer John Prine ⓘ
recordLabel Atlantic Records ⓘ
refersTo Green River ⓘ
Peabody Coal Company ⓘ
theme coal mining ⓘ
environmental destruction ⓘ
loss of hometown ⓘ

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John Prine → notableWork → Paradise ⓘ