Ricky Skaggs - Coal Minin' Man Lyrics
(Jim Mills)Daylight or dark, in rain or shineIt don't much matter down in the mineWhere the tunnel's deep, Lord the air gets thinThat's the way of life for the minin' man.His lungs are weak. his back is goneHis sixty years are plainly shownLived half his life down in the groundA cold steel hammer rings a mournful sound.Daylight or dark, in rain or shineIt don't much matter down in the mineWhere the tunnel's deep, Lord the air gets thinThat's the way of life for the minin' man.I'll tell you, son he said to meThere's just two things I pray to seeThat the day my Savior calls me homeAnd to see my son stop minin' coal.Oh, daddy dear I'll tell you trueThere's nothing elsr for me to doBut to make my livin' underneath this landAnd live and die a coal minin' man.Daylight or dark, in rain or shineIt don't much matter down in the mineWhere the tunnel's deep, Lord the air gets thinThat's the way of life for the minin' man.I'll make my livin' underneath this landAnd die like you a coal minin' man...
