GIVE MY LOVE TO MARIE
(James Talley)

I'm a black lung miner
From East Tennessee
I raised my family on coal dust and beans
But the old black lung's got me
No life left in me
Set my lantern in the window
Give my love to Marie

For twenty-five years
I've worked in the mines
Where the earth is as black as a cold winter night
There's millions in the ground
But not a penny for me
Set my lantern in the window
Give my love to Marie

I've loved all my children
Six sons of mine
And I pray they never must work in the mine
For the black lung will get them
They'll die just like me
Set my lantern in the window
Give my love to Marie

There's frost on the ground
Ice in the trees
The air is so heavy, I can't hardly breathe
Yeah, this old black lung's got me
But soon I'll be free
Set my lantern in the window
Give my love to Marie

Set my lantern in the window
Give my love to Marie

Source: James Talley 'Got No Bread/ Tryin' Like the Devil' Bear Family BCD 15433.

--Stewie.