In the black dust towns of east Tennessee All the work's about the same And you may not go to the job in the ground But you learn the miner's refrain
Some blues are just blues, mine are the miner's blues Some blues are just blues, mine are the miner's blues My troubles are coming by threes and by twos
I want you choosing me, I feel a common breeze A street's a miracle, I want a miracle I want you choosing me, I feel a common free Oooh oooh oooh oooh
Well, I was born a coal miner's daughter In a cabin on a hill in Butcher Holler We were poor but we had love That's the one thing that daddy made sure
Coalminer's Doughter Well I was born a coalminer's daughter in a cabin on a hill in Butcher Holler we were poor but we had love that's the one thing that
Deep in the mountain of Harlan County Employed by the Cumberland coal company The pay is short, the days are long But our labor union laws are coming
Down in the mine it's dark and it's damp Your legs will be bent and your buttocks will cramp Dust will get into your eyes and your pants And make your
When the whistle blows each morning And I walk down in that cold, dark mine I say a prayer to my dear Savior Please let me see the sunshine one more time
She is my flower And she blooms for the one who loves her best The miners stop to watch as she walks They know her love is not for sale She will never
Kids are spittin' on the Town Hall steps and frightenin' old ladies I dreamt that I was livin' back in the mid 1980s People marchin', people shoutin',
THE BLACKLEG MINERS Oh, early in the evenin', just after dark, The blackleg miners creep te wark, Wi' their moleskin trousers an' dorty short, There go
A miner was leavin' his home for his work He heard his little child scream He went to the side of his little girl's bed Oh, daddy, I've had such a dream
Well, it's harvest time out on this Amarillo highway Daydreamin' the South of France I could whistle you out waltzin' there Would you still say you can
Well I was born a coal miner's daughter in a cabin on a hill in Butcher Holler We were poor but we had love that's the one thing that daddy made sure
I am a tramp miner, I've been for some time now I live without light of the day In the black underground that's where I'll be found Biding my time away
He's in a very bad way Someone will tell his wife They'll run and fetch the doctor To try and save his life. He was the underground man A slave to rock
Come, all you coalminers Wherever you may be And listen to the story That I relate to thee My name is nothing extra But the truth to you I tell I am
A miner was leaving her home for work when she heard a little child scream She went to the side of the little girl's bed "Oh momma, I've had such a dream
