《Blue Diamond Mines》歌词

歌曲： Blue Diamond Mines

所属专辑：Clear Waters Remembered

歌手： Jean Ritchie

时长： 04:22

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Blue Diamond Mines - Jean Ritchie[00:00:00]

I remember the ways in the bygone days[00:00:05]

When we was all in our prime[00:00:10]

How us and john l gave the old man hell[00:00:14]

Down in the blue diamond mines[00:00:19]

Where the whistle would blow 'fore the rooster crowed[00:00:26]

Full two hours before daylight[00:00:31]

When a man done his best and he earned his good rest[00:00:35]

And had seventeen dollars at night[00:00:40]

In the mines in the mines in the blue diamond mines[00:00:44]

I have worked my life away[00:00:49]

In the mines in the mines in the blue diamond mines[00:00:54]

Oh fall on your knees and pray[00:00:59]

You old black gold you've taken my soul[00:01:05]

Your dust has darkened my home[00:01:11]

And now that i'm old you're turning your back[00:01:15]

Where else can an old miner go[00:01:22]

Well first it's big block and then leatherwood[00:01:27]

And now it's blue diamond too[00:01:31]

The pits are all closed and it's go find a job[00:01:36]

What else can an old miner do[00:01:41]

In the mines in the mines[00:01:45]

In the blue diamond mines[00:01:47]

I worked my life away[00:01:50]

In the mines in the mines[00:01:54]

In the blue diamond mines[00:01:56]

I fall on my knees and pray[00:01:59]

Your union is dead and you're shaking your head[00:02:09]

They say mining's had its day[00:02:14]

But you're stripping off my mountain top[00:02:18]

And you pay me three dollars a day[00:02:24]

Well you might get a poke of welfare meat[00:02:30]

A little poke of welfare flour[00:02:35]

But i tell you right now you won't qualify[00:02:38]

Less you work for a quarter an hour[00:02:43]

In the mines in the mines[00:02:47]

In the blue diamond mines[00:02:49]

I worked my life away[00:02:52]

In the mines in the mines[00:02:56]

In the blue diamond mines[00:02:58]

I fall on my knees and pray[00:03:01]

John l had a dream but it's broken it seems[00:03:11]

Our union is letting us down[00:03:17]

Last week they took away my hospital card[00:03:21]

And it's why don't you leave this old town[00:03:27]

Well you go downtown and you hang around[00:03:37]

Well maybe it ain't so bad[00:03:42]

Then you come back home and they meet you at the door[00:03:46]

And it's what did you bring me dad[00:03:52]

In the mines in the mines[00:03:56]

In the blue diamond mines[00:03:58]

I worked my life away[00:04:01]

In the mines in the mines[00:04:05]

In the blue diamond mines[00:04:07]

I fall on your knees and pray[00:04:10]