Key: F minor•
Verse 1
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It was early this morning.
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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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Ben
Moseley came running to
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Num ber 8 is all flooded and many
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And we don't know their number but
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we fear they're all doomed.
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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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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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Their own time soon will be coming
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B
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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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I'd give them good learning,
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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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poor little children?
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Or what can I tell his
that's clear broken?
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To my heart that's clear broken
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if my darling is gone.
early this morning?
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He was tall, he was slender,
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A#m
His occupation was mine in
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West
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Virginia, his home.
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