miners’ survival song: The Gambler

May 22, 2006

The two Australian miners trapped for two weeks in the rubble of a Tasmanian gold mine kept their spirits up by singing the Kenny Rogers song, The Gambler.

That’s the one with the line about ‘. . . the best you can hope for is to die in your sleep.’

The rescued miners can no doubt sleep better now that they have sold their story for approximately $1 million.

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