Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Mountain, artist - Del McCoury Band. Date of issue: 22.06.2015
Song language: English
The Mountain |
| I was born on this mountain a long time ago |
| Before they knocked down the timber and strip-mined the coal |
| When you rose in the mornin' before it was light |
| To go down in that dark hole and come back up at night |
| I was born on this mountain, this mountain’s my home |
| She holds me and keeps me from worry and woe |
| Well, they took everything that she gave, now they’re gone |
| But I’ll die on this mountain, this mountain’s my home |
| I was young on this mountain but now I am old |
| And I knew every holler, every cool swimmin' hole |
| ‘Til one night I lay down and woke up to find |
| That my childhood was over and I went down in the mine |
| There’s a hole in this mountain and it’s dark and it’s deep |
| And God only knows all the secrets it keeps |
| There’s a chill in the air only miners can feel |
| There’re ghosts in the tunnels that the company sealed |