The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #67428   Message #1126672
Posted By: JamesLogan
01-Mar-04 - 12:55 AM
Thread Name: New Song: British Belle
Subject: RE: New Song: British Belle
Here's one of my other compositions.

Kentuky Coal Miner's Blues
All lyrics by James Logan

Well I aint gonna work in the mines no more.
No I aint gonna work in the mines no more.
I aint gonna make no 'hundred rounds a day no more

Well I'd rather up above the ground
Then die in the hellfire down below.
Where the rocks tumble and the timbers moan. No more.

Well I aint gonna be makin' no wages no more.
I'd rather drink and gamble with my time
Even if I won't make scarce a dime. No more.

Why ya leavin' me babe?
Why ya leavin' me babe?
Is it because of the diamonds I never gave?
Which I dug in the mines all day.

Well I guess I'll just fade away.
Where I'll be headin' I cannot say
But even when you walked out that door.
I knew I woudn't be working' in those damn mines no more.