Key: C major
Verse 1
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C
in the merry month of May
To an East Kentucky coal mine
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had winning coal blue eyes
His soul is now resting
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in that home beyond the sky
This young man, was a motorman,
by the wheels
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with a train of forty -two
He had five miles to haul them,
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and soon he would be through
The switchman at the telephone
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rang the trapper at the door
Saying line up all your switches
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and he cleared the mainline rail
And then his train flew past him
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with the speed of U .S. mail
He was going down the mountain,
well -known as Dead Man's Hill,
when a rock he saw up on the track
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just 30 feet ahead,
and when at first he saw it,
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he knew he'd soon be dead.
The motor jammed against it
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at 40 miles an hour
And all was plunged in darkness
-end car
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with the swiftness of a bird
Say, old pal, where are you?
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I cannot see your light
And the brakeman scanned the wreckage
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to a pile of broken wood
His buddy lay there on his back
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and the motor on him stood
What can I do to help you, pal?
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There's no useful talk
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And kiss her for me, Joe
I'm going on to heaven
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I'm sure she'll want to know
I see my savior waiting
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To take me to his breast
Goodbye old pal, good luck to you,
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I'm going home to rest.
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