I was born on this mountain a long time ago
Before they knocked down the timber and strip-mined the coal
When you rose in the mornin before it was light
To go down in that dark hole and come back up at night

I was born on this mountainthis mountain s my home
She holds me and keeps me from worry and woe
Wellthey took everything that she gavenow they re gone
But I ll die on this mountainthis mountain s my home

I was young on this mountain but now I am old
And I knew every hollerevery cool swimmin hole
‘Til one night I lay down and woke up to find
That my childhood was over and I went down in the mine

There s a hole in this mountain and it s dark and it s deep
And God only knows all the secrets it keeps
There s a chill in the air only miners can feel
There re ghosts in the tunnels that the company sealed

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