Kate Wolf - Springfield mountain coal miner

My brother was a ^CSpringfield Mountain ^Gcoal miner He had three young children ^Cand a darling ^Dwife But ^Clast night there was a rumble on the ^Gmountain Shaft number three came ^Ddown and took his ^Emlife ^C Shaft ^Gnumber three came ^Ddown and took his ^Glife

Thirty miners ^Cdied down in that ^Gcave-in Thirteen times we've ^Cbrought the wagons ^Ddown There's ^Ctwenty graves we'll be digging in the ^Gchurchyard Ten more in the ^Dmountains under^Emground ^{C G}Ten more in the ^Dmountains under^Gground ^G7

Lay ^Cdown dear ^Gbrother, ^DDaddy's gonna take you ^Ghome ^CMamma's right be^Ghind you to ^Dtake you home Where the cold wind ^Emblows ^{C G D G}

And my sister was a ^Ccoal miner's ^Gdaughter My daddy was a ^Ccoal miner's ^Dson My ^Cfamily's lived and died on this ^Gmountain Down in the ground where the ^Dsun don't ever ^Emcome ^C Down ^Gin the ground where the ^Dsun don't ever ^Gcome

One more year I'll be ^Cready for the ^Gcoal mine One more year and ^CI'll be going ^Ddown But ^Cevery night when I pass by that ^Gmountain I cry to see my ^Dbrother under^Emground ^C Yes, I ^Gcry to see my ^Dbrother under^Gground

Lay ^Cdown dear ^Gbrother, ^DDaddy's gonna take you ^Ghome ^CMamma's right be^Ghind you to ^Dtake you home Where the cold wind ^Emblows ^C

Lay ^Gdown dear brother, ^DDaddy's gonna take you ^Ghome ^CMamma's right be^Ghind you to ^Dtake you home Where the cold wind ^Emblows ^C She's gonna ^Gtake you home ^D Where the cold wind ^Gblows