LOGAN COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA MEMORIES
I'd not go down in the mines
Like My dad and his dad and friends by the score
Who are crippled and bent at the spine
You'll never see the light of day
You can't wash that coal dust away
You'll never gain as much as you'll lose
When you're singin' the deep mine blues
Down in the city jobs they were scarce
Blue Diamond needed some men
They put me on diggin' number nine coal
Alongside my kinfolk and friends
Sing it high, sing it low
Sing the song however you chose
You go to work when the whistle blows
And you're singin' the Deep Mine Blues
recorded by: Larry Cordle * Lonesome Standard Time on his cd Murder On Music Row
