Only a Miner

The hard-working miners, their dangers are great,

Many while mining have met their sad fate,

While doing their duties as miners all do

Shut out from the daylight and their darling ones, too.



cho: He's only a miner been killed in the ground,

Only a miner, and one more is found;

Killed by an accident, no one can tell

His mining's all over, poor miner, farewell.



He leaves his dear wide, and little ones, too

To earn them a living as miners all do.

While he was working for those whome he loved

He met a sad fate from a boulder above.



cho:



With a heart full of sorrow we bid him farewell,

How soon we may follow, there's no one can tell.

God pity the miners, protect them as well

And shield them from danger while down in the ground.



cho:



From Archie Green, Only a Miner. Recorded 1928 by the Kentucky

Thorobreds; Greenway, 1961, Hedy West 1962

Note: One of a family: Only a Cowboy, Only a Tramp etc.

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