Mining Camp Blues - Kate Campbell

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 hauling

Hauling that birmingham coal

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 they leave him in the ground

Something like the pitcher

That they sent down in the well

Something like the pitcher

That they sent down in the well

Wondering will they break it

Lordy lordy who can tell

It was late one evening

I was standing at that mine

It was late one evening

I was standing at that mine

Foreman said my daddy

Had gone down for his last last time

Now he was a coalminer

From his hat down to his shoes

Now he was a coalminer

From his hat down to his shoes

And i’m nearly dying

With these mining camp blues