Lyrics West Virginia Mine Disaster - Kathy Mattea

West Virginia Mine Disaster - Kathy Mattea
Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song West Virginia Mine Disaster, artist - Kathy Mattea. Album song Calling Me Home, in the genre Кантри
Date of issue: 31.12.2011
Record label: Sugar Hill
Song language: English

West Virginia Mine Disaster

Oh say did you see him, it was early this morning
He passed all your houses on his way to the coal
He was tall, he was slender, and his dark eyes so tender
His occupation was mining, West Virginia his home
It was just before twelve, I was feeding the children
Ben Mosley came running to bring us the news
Number eight is all flooded, many men are in danger
And we don’t know their number, but we fear they’re all doomed
So I picked up the baby and I left all the others
To comfort each other and to pray for their own
There’s Tommy, fourteen, and there’s John not much younger
Their own time soon will be coming to go down the black hole
And what will I say to his poor little children
And what will I tell his dear mother at home
And what will I say to my heart that’s clear broken
To my heart that’s clear broken if my baby is gone
Now if I had the money to do more than just feed them
I’d give them good learning, the best could be found
So when they growed up they’d be checkers and weighers
And not spend their life digging in the dark underground
Say did you see him, it was early this morning
He passed all your houses on his way to the coal
He was tall, he was slender, and his dark eyes so tender
His occupation was mining, West Virginia his home

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Artist lyrics: Kathy Mattea