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Date of issue: 10.02.2008
Song language: English
Black Mountain Rag |
The first thing I remember I was on the mountain side |
I couldn’t have been much more than five |
Got a place in Raleigh with a brand new bride |
Working in the mountain’s gonna be the death of me |
Working, working Black Mountain |
Working, working, working all the time |
I’m gonna dig right through Black Mountain |
Till I reach the other side |
My daddy worked down in the mountain |
Granddaddy great granddaddy too |
Way back when the Winding Gulf was new |
My momma told there was more |
To life and grandma said just go |
But mining is the only thing I know |
Up in West Virginia there’s a mountain made of coal |
All the folk Raleigh like to call it black gold |
I was digging young, I’ll be digging when I’m old |
I’m a digging fool if the truth be told |
Working, working Black Mountain |
Working, working, working all the time |
I’m gonna dig right through Black Mountain |
Till I Reach the other side |
My daddy worked down in the mountain |
Granddaddy great granddaddy too |
Way back when the Winding Gulf was new |
My momma told there was more |
To life and grandma said just go |
But mining is the only thing I know |
Look out for the cave in, listen for the crack |
If a boulder rolls you, gonna break your back |
One day I was leaving here, walking in the mud |
Next day I was back: got mining in the blood |
Working, working Black Mountain |
Working, working, working all the time |
I’m gonna dig right through Black Mountain |
Till I Reach the other side |
My daddy worked down in the mountain |
Granddaddy great granddaddy too |
Way back when the Winding Gulf was new |
My momma told there was more |
To life and grandma said just go |
But mining is the only thing I know |
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