I really believe this little song
will hit home to lots of us,
especially them of us who
was raised
around the coal mines.
Have you ever sat down and feasted
on miner strawberries?
Well I'll guarantee you I have.
And to this very day
I can't think of nothing
that'll take the place
of this delicious nourishing
most gallon of vittles.
You might call this delicious dish
by some of the name,
but to me nothing else seems as capable
of holding body and soul together
and completely satisfying
the appetite
as minor strawberries.
My pappy was rich but not famous,
my ma she was pretty but plain,
and I always thought my parents they ought to
made miner's strawberries my middle name.
Oh them good old miner's strawberries
the best stuff that ever you seen.
I was 20 years old before I was told
that miner's strawberries
ain't nothing but beans.
We bathed once a week
using Lysol
in a number two galvanized tub
Then sat down to eat
with a patch on our seat
and a bowl full of miner's
strawberries for grub
Oh, them good old min
er's strawberries,
the best stuff ever you seen
I was 20 years old be
fore I was told
that minor strawberries
ain't nothing but beans
My ma was a queen in the kitchen
and many's the time she would say
That having good health
is better than wealth.
So we eat minor strawberries
three times a day
Oh, them good
old miner's strawberries,
the best stuff that ever you see.
I was 20 years old before I was told
that miner's strawberries
ain't nothing but beans.
You can bake them or
brown them or burn them
Or boil them for hours in a pot
Then serve them up cold a week or two old
If you're hungry enough
they'll still hit the spot
Them good old miner's strawberries,
the best stuff that ever you seen.
I was twenty years old
before I was told
that miner's strawberries
ain't nothing but beans.
There's many a boy such as I was
who growed up to manhood
and found that he was darn lucky
them days in Kentucky
to always have miner's
strawberries around.
Oh me, them good old min
er's strawberries,
the best stuff that ever you've seen.
I was 20 years old before
I was told
that miner's strawberries
ain't nothing but beans.