Chris Smither - Miner's Blues Lyrics

Chris Smither Lyrics

"Miner's Blues"
(originally by Frank Hutchison)

I ain't gonna work on no tipple, ain't gonna lay no track
I ain't gonna work on no tipple, lay no track
I'm gonna hang around your shanty, do the ball and jack
I'm gonna hang around your shanty, do the ball and jack

Oh, daddy, daddy, what are you gonna do?
Oh, what are you gonna do?
When your sweet mama leaves you with your worried miner blues?
When your sweet mama leaves you with those worried miner blues?

Hard luck and trouble, I've had 'em all my days
Hard luck and trouble, I've had 'em all my days
I think hard luck and trouble are gonna carry me to my grave
I think hard luck and trouble are gonna carry me to my grave

If you don't believe I'm sinking, look what a hole I'm in
If you don't believe I'm sinking, look what a hole I'm in
If you don't believe I love you, look what a fool I've been
If you don't believe I love you, look what a fool I've been

I ain't gonna work on no tipple, ain't gonna lay no track
Work on no tipple, lay no track
I'm gonna lay around your shanty, do the ball and jack
I'm gonna hang around your shanty until the mail train comes back

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"Miner's Blues" lyrics

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