Hazel Dickens - Coal Mining Woman lyrics

Daylight of dark In rain or shine It don't much matter Down in the mine Where the tunnel's deep Lord, the air gets thin That's the way of life For the minin' man His lungs are weak His back is gone His sixty years Are plainly shown Lived half his life Down in the ground A cold steel hammer Rings a mournful sound Daylight of dark In rain or shine It don't much matter Down in the mine Where the tunnel's deep Lord, the air gets thin That's the way of life For the minin' man I'll tell you, Son He said to me There's just two things I pray to see That the day my Savior Calls me home And to see my son Stop minin' coal Oh daddy dear I'll tell you true There's nothing else For me to do But to make my livin' Underneath this land And live and die A coal minin' man Daylight of dark In rain or shine It don't much matter Down in the mine Where the tunnel's deep Lord, the air gets thin That's the way of life For the minin' man I'll make my livin' Underneath this land And die like you A coal minin' man