Come and listen you fellows
So young and do fine
And seek not your fortune
In the dark, dreary mines
It will form as a habit
Seep in your soul
`Til the blood in your veins
Runs as black as the coal
There`s many a man
That I`ve known in my day
Who lived just to labor
His whole life away
Like a fiend with his dope
And a drunkard his wine
A man will have lust for
The lure of the mine
It`s dark as a dungeon
Damp as the dew
The danger is double
And the pleasures are few
Where the rain never falls
Where the sun never shines
It`s dark as a dungeon
Way down in the mine
I hope when I`m gone
And the ages shall roll
My body will blacken
And turn into coal
Then I`ll look out the door
Of my heavenly home
And I`ll pity the miners
A-diggin` my bones
It`s dark as a dungeon
Damp as the dew
The danger is double
And the pleasures are few
Where the rain never falls
Where the sun never shines
It`s dark as a dungeon
Way down in the mine
Where the rain never falls
Where the sun never shines
It`s dark as a dungeon
Way down in the mine