West Virginia Mine Disaster chords by Jean Ritchie
Verse 1
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Did you see him going?
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Em
It was early this morning.
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Em
He passed by these houses on
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his way to the coal.
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He was tall, he was slender,
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and his dark eyes so tender.
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His occupation was mining
West
Virginia his home.
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It was just be fore 12 I
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was feeding the children.
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Ben
Moseley came running to
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bring us the news.
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Number 8 is all flooded and many
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men are in danger.
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Em
And we don't know their number but
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Bbdim
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we fear they're all doomed.
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Em
So I picked up the baby and
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I left all the others
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To comfort each other
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Em
and pray for our own
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There is
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Timmy fourteen an d there's
John not
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much younger
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Their own time soon will be coming
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Am
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to go down the black hole.
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Oh, if I had the money to do more
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than just feed them,
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I'd give them good learning,
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the best could be found.
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So when they grow up,
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they'd be checkers an d weighers
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and not spend their time drilling
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in the dark underground.
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Now what can I say to his
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poor little children?
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F
Or what can I tell his
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old mother at home?
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Or what can I say to my heart
that's clear broken?
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To my heart that's clear broken
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Am
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if my darling is gone.
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Say did you see him going so
early this morning?
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He walked by your houses
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on his way to the coal.
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He was tall, he was slender,
F
and his dark eyes so tender.
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Am
His occupation was mine in
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West
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Virginia, his home.
West Virginia Mine Disaster
Jean Ritchie
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