The Foghorn Stringband - Mining Camp Blues lyrics

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Once I had a daddy and he worked down in a hole

Once I had a daddy and he worked down in a hole

Digging and a-hauling, hauling that burning damn hole

Many times I wondered when they took my daddy down

Many times I wondered when they took my daddy down

Will he come back to me? Will that he be midnight _____(?)

Yoddeley, all day, yoddeley

Something like a picture lead him down in our way

Something like a picture lead him down in our way

Wondering will he break it, Lordy Lordy who can tell?

It was late one evening, and I was standing at the ______(?)

It was late one evening, and I was standing at the ______(?)

Mormons hit my daddy, he'll come out for his last time

Yoddeley, all day, yoddeley

He was a coal miner, from his head down to his shoes

He was a coal miner, from his head down to his shoes

And I know he's dying from these mining tales