Only A Miner

C F C Poor hardworking miners, their troubles are great G So often while working, they meet a sad fate C F C Killed by some accident, there's no one to tell G C Their mining's all over, poor miner farewell F C Only a miner, killed under the ground G Only a miner, but one more is gone C F C Only a miner, but one more is gone G C Leaving his wife and four children alone C F C Leaving his little ones out on the street G Tired and hungry with nothing to eat C F C Momma is jobless and papa is dead G C They're coal miners' children, begging for bread F C Only a miner, killed under the ground G Only a miner, but one more is gone C F C Only a miner, but one more is gone G C Leaving his wife and four children alone C F C When I'm in Kentucky, so often I'll meet G Coal miners' children out on the street C F C What are you doing, to them I have said G C We're coal miners's children, begging for bread F C Only a miner, killed under the ground G Only a miner, but one more is gone C F C Only a miner, but one more is gone G C Leaving his wife and four children alone C Their mining's all over F C Coal miner farewell