Mining Camp Blues

Mining Camp Blues
Often associated with Trixie Smith / early blues repertory; exact Scrips source unresolved
Rights: public-domain-us

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Verse:
Once I had a daddy and he worked down in a hole
Once I had a daddy and he worked down in a hole
Diggin' and a-haulin', haulin' that Birmingham Coal

Verse:
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?

Yodel-lay-hee-hay-hay oh-hay-ee

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Verse:
Somethin' like a pitcher that they send down in a well
Somethin' like a pitcher that they send down in a well
Wondering, will they break it? Lordy, Lordy, who can tell?

Verse:
It was late one evening, I was standin' at that mine
It was late one evening, I was standin' at that mine
Foreman said my daddy had gone down for his last time

Yodel-lay-hee-hay-hay oh-hay-ee

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Verse:
He was a coal miner from his hat down to his shoes
He was a coal miner from his hat down to his shoes
And I know he's dying with these mining town blues