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Dark as Dungeon Lyrics
(words by Merle Travis)
oh come all you fellas so young and so fine
seek not your fortune in a dark dreary mine
it'll form as a habit and seep in your soul
'til the stream of your blood runs as black as the coal
where it's dark as a dungeon, damp as the dew
danger is double, pleasures are few
where rain never falls, the sun never shines
it's dark as a dungeon, way down in the mine
like a fiend with his dope, a drunkard with his wine
a man will have lust for the lure of the mine
and i pray when i'm dead my ages shall roll
that my body will blackenand turn into coal
and i look from the door, of my heavenly home
and pity the miner digging my bones
where it's dark as a dungeon, damp as the dew
danger is double, pleasures are few
where the rain never falls, and the sun never shines
it's dark as a dungeon, way down in the mine
seek not your fortune in a dark dreary mine
'til the stream of your blood runs as black as the coal
danger is double, pleasures are few
where rain never falls, the sun never shines
it's dark as a dungeon, way down in the mine
a man will have lust for the lure of the mine
that my body will blackenand turn into coal
and pity the miner digging my bones
danger is double, pleasures are few
where the rain never falls, and the sun never shines
it's dark as a dungeon, way down in the mine
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