I am a tramp miner,

I've been for some time now

I live without light of the day

In the black underground that's where I'll be found

Biding my time away, Oh working my life away



From here out to Timmins, I've loved all your women

In the taverns I drank down my pay

But I'd do it again even though it's a sin

For it's better than driving the raise

If you've done it you'd know what I say



So I'll roll, roll with the wind

Roll, roll with the wind

Roll, roll with the time and the wind

Then I'll find my way back home again



Homesickness, heartbreak

And black lung among these men run rampant

As there rockin' and rollin'

High ballin' this country today



I am a tramp miner, I've been for some time now

I live without light of the day

In a hole in the ground, they'll lower me down

That'll be my final pay, for working my life away



So I'll roll, roll with the wind

Roll, roll with the wind

Roll, roll with the time and the wind

Then I'll find my way back home again