The Coal Comes Up
Bless us, Jesus
We're gone down again
We're room and pillar boys
West Virginia men
Hey, now
Pick axe in my hand
We'll load our quota, brother
Load it if we can
Well, the coal comes up
When a man goes down
Black damp keeps the devil comin' 'round
Lord, save me, Jesus
Come git me underground
Oh, the coal comes up when a man goes down
Lately, doctor
It's getting hard to breathe
I got the miner's lung
Like daddy before me
Hatred
He ain't got no place
There's just one color here
Coal's on every face
Well, the coal comes up
When a man goes down
Black damp keeps the devil comin' 'round
Lord, save me, Jesus
Come git me underground
Oh, the coal comes up when a man goes down
I'll cut coal long as I'm able
I've had mouths to feed since I was ten
That coal put three squares on our table
Well, the coal comes up
When a man goes down
Black damp keeps the devil comin' 'round
Lord, save me, Jesus
Come git me underground
Oh, the coal comes up when a man goes down
We're gone down again
We're room and pillar boys
West Virginia men
Hey, now
Pick axe in my hand
We'll load our quota, brother
Load it if we can
Well, the coal comes up
When a man goes down
Black damp keeps the devil comin' 'round
Lord, save me, Jesus
Come git me underground
Oh, the coal comes up when a man goes down
Lately, doctor
It's getting hard to breathe
I got the miner's lung
Like daddy before me
Hatred
He ain't got no place
There's just one color here
Coal's on every face
Well, the coal comes up
When a man goes down
Black damp keeps the devil comin' 'round
Lord, save me, Jesus
Come git me underground
Oh, the coal comes up when a man goes down
I'll cut coal long as I'm able
I've had mouths to feed since I was ten
That coal put three squares on our table
Well, the coal comes up
When a man goes down
Black damp keeps the devil comin' 'round
Lord, save me, Jesus
Come git me underground
Oh, the coal comes up when a man goes down
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Writer(s): Grant Smith
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