Lyrics to the Ashland Oil Song

There have been requests for the lyrics to the song in our music video, the Ashland Oil song.  The banjo tune is "Ida Red," a traditional American folk song of unknown origin.

Ashland Oil

Ashland Oil, Ashland Oil,
We all live near Ashland oil,
Radiation's in the air,
Radiation's in the soil,
Ashland Oil, Ashland Oil,
We're all dying near Ashland oil.

The oil came from Kentucky shale,
The money flowed, it didn't fail,
What came up with the pumping water
Will kill your son or kill your daughter,
Ashland Oil, Ashland Oil,
We're all dying near Ashland oil.

We wrote to the lawyers, addressed the nation
To try and get some compensation,
Radium here, radium there,
Deadly atoms in the air,
Ashland Oil, Ashland Oil,
We're all dying near Ashland oil.

You can bet our case will fail,
Nobody will go to jail,
The legislature's bought and sold,
And we'll all die before we're old,
Ashland Oil, Ashland Oil,
We're all dying near Ashland oil.

Bishop Ralph will yell and shout,
The judge will throw our experts out,
Otto Raabe will testify
That natural background rates are high,
Ashland Oil, Ashland Oil,
We're all dying near Ashland oil.

If you come to this part of Kentucky
You better hope that you are lucky,
This is all stochastic harm
But you just wear that golden charm,
Ashland Oil, Ashland Oil,
Death remains here in the soil.