[Verse 1 Alice Gerrard Hazel Dickens] Once I had a daddy and he worked down in a hole Once I had a daddy and he worked down in a hole Diggin and ahaulin, haulin that Birmingham Coal [Verse 2 Alice Gerrard Hazel Dickens] Many times, I wondered, when they took my daddy down Many times, I wondered, when they took my daddy down Will he come back to me? Will they leave him in the ground? [Bridge Alice Gerrard Hazel Dickens] Okay there, Hazel Yodellayheehayhayohhayee [Verse 3 Alice Gerrard Hazel Dickens] Somethin like a pitcher that they send down in a well Somethin like a pitcher that they send down in a well Wondering, will thy break it? Lordy, Lordy, who can tell? [Verse 4 Alice Gerrard Hazel Dickens] It was late on evening, I was standin at that mine It was late one evening, I was standin at that mine Foreman said my daddy had gone down for his last time [Bridge Alice Gerrard Hazel Dickens] Oh, say Yodellayheehayhayhodaddy heyhohayee [Verse 5 Alice Gerrard Hazel Dickens] He was a coal miner from his hat down to his shoes He was a coal miner from his hat down to his shoes And I know hes dying with these mining town blues
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