Kate Campbell

Mining Camp Blues

Kate Campbell


Once i had a daddy 
And he worked down in a hole 
Once i had a daddy 
And he worked down in a hole
Digging and hauling 
Hauling that birmingham coal

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

Something like the pitcher
That they sent down in the well
Something like the pitcher
That they sent down in the well
Wondering will they break it 
Lordy lordy who can tell

It was late one evening 
I was standing at that mine
It was late one evening 
I was standing at that mine
Foreman said my daddy 
Had gone down 
For his last last time

Now he was a coalminer 
From his hat down to his shoes
Now he was a coalminer 
From his hat down to his shoes
And i'm nearly dying 
With these mining camp blues