Old Tennessee Ernie Ford song:
"Well I pray when I'm dead and the ages shall roll,
My body will blacken and turn into coal.
Then I'll gaze from the door of my heavenly home,
And pity the miner a-diggin' my bones.
Where it's dark as a dungeon, damp as the dew.
Dangers are many and pleasures but few.
Where the rain never falls and the sun never shines,
It's dark as a dungeon way down in the mines."
Thanks be to God that all are out safe.
http://www.ritamacneil.com/albums/miningthesoul/workingman.htm
Working Man
Chorus
It’s a working man l am
And I’ve been down under ground
And I swear to God if lever see the sun
Or for any length of time
I can hold it in my mind
I never again will go down under ground
At the age of sixteen years
Oh he quarrels with his peers
Who vowed they’d never see another one
In the dark recess of the mines
Where you age before your time
And the coal dust has heavy on your lungs
Chorus
At the age of sixty-four
Oh hell greet you at the door
And hell gently lead you by the arm
Through the dark recess of the mines
Oh hell take you back in time
And hell tell you of the hardships that were had
Chorus
(Repeat Chorus)
(Repeat Chorus)
God I never again will go down under ground