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I've got all Hell for a basement.

Aug 1, 2023
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Rudyard Kipling travelled through Alberta once, and when passing through a city named Medicine Hat (about 110km away from me), here in my home province of Alberta, he commented "Although this place is quite pleasant, it seems to have all Hell for a basement." He was referring to the flames coming up from the ground around Medicine Hat that came from all the underground Natural Gas pockets at the time.

Gordie Johnson, the lead singer for Big Sugar, spent a year in Medicine Hat in High School. He said that this song is about a man leaving another province, Newfoundland, and travelling to find work.

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Big Sugar - "All Hell for a Basement"

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I am a working man
But I ain't worked for a while
Like some old tin can
From the bottom of the pile
From the bottom of the pile

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I have lost my way
But I hear tell
About a heaven in Alberta
Where they've got all hell for a basement

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My words are like a rope
That's wrapped around my throat
Wash my mouth with soap
For words unfit to quote

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I have lost my way
But I hear tell
About heaven in Alberta
Where they got all hell for a basement

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I have lost my way
But I hear tell
About heaven in Alberta
Where they got all hell for a basement

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And now I'm free to go
But time cannot remove
The only life I've known
Now only time will prove
Yes, only time will prove

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If I have lost my way
'Cause I hear tell
About heaven in Alberta
Where they got all hell for a basement

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Yeah, I have lost my way
But I hear tell
About heaven in Alberta
Where they got all hell for a basement

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VIEW 4 of 4 COMMENTS
littlejohn22:
OMG, i thought it was a bar that they use to play in call hell. Great intel for this song
Aug 2, 2023
fredhincanada:
@littlejohn22, thank you. I only know it because of proximity. Lol.
Aug 2, 2023

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