Only A Miner

Poor hardworking miners, their troubles are great

So often while working, they meet a sad fate

Killed by some accident, there's no one to tell

Their mining's all over, poor miner farewell

Only a miner, killed under the ground

Only a miner, but one more is gone

Only a miner, but one more is gone

Leaving his wife and three children alone

Leaving his little one out on the street

Tired and hungry with nothing to eat

Momma is jobless and papa is dead

They's coal miners' children, begging for bread

Only a miner, killed under the ground

Only a miner, but one more is gone

Only a miner, but one more is gone

Leaving his wife and four children alone

When I'm in Kentucky, so often I'll meet

Coal miners' children out on the street

What are you doing, to them I have said

We're coal miners's children, begging for bread

Only a miner, killed under the ground

Only a miner, but one more is gone

Only a miner, but one more is gone

Leaving his wife and four children alone

Their mining's all over

Coal miner farewell