Fair warn ing
to your neighbor
For all of those who labor
At trying to make a living underground
Matter's not for what you're seeking
The chances are you'll weaken,
in time the odds will turn your life around
And the coal fields of Kentucky,
man they say you're lucky
If the black lung don't
put you underground
Oh, while you're swollen
with the gold lust,
you're breathing in the coarse dust
Till Selly Coles has fi nally
dragged you down
Hear that cold steel a -ringin'
Hear them hammers swingin' low
A miner's life ain't hardly worth at all
Hear the Tommyknockers knockin'
Feel a -reelin' and a -rockin'
Afraid it's gonna come in after
all
For every miner who hits pay dirt
He lives to tell it, aren't there?
A thousand more
are swallowed in the mire
And for each de cent mining outfit
There's a hundred other misfits
who'd never planned to
see a man before
So when choosing your profession,
take heed and learn a lesson
From those who've lived to
labor underground
Cause they've got a different story,
a -mining at its glory
They give it all to turn their
life around
Hear that coal still a -ringin'
Hear them hammers swingin' long
A miner's life ain't hardly worth at all
Hear the tommy knockers knockin'
Feel a -reelin' and a -rockin'
Afraid it's gonna come in after all
Thank you for