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[Verse 1]
E D
I've got a little black ring around my neck
E A E D E
And I will sell you coal by the bushel or the keck
E D
I will sell you coal by the gallon or the pound
E A E
And you don't have to look for me, I'll be around
[Chorus]
E D E A
Yelling Jellico coal man, Jellico coal man
E D E D E
Jellico coal man, coal, coal, coal
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
E D
There is coal that's soft and coal that's hard
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I will bring it around to your back yard
E D
I'll have chocolate cake and apple pie
E A E
I believe I will have a piece when I come by
[Chorus]
E D E A
I'm the Jellico coal man, Jellico coal man
E D E D E
Jellico coal man, coal, coal, coal
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
E D
It comes direct from the Jellico mine
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It'll warm your baby in the winter time
E D
When the sun comes up, that's the time I start
E A E
You will see my coming with my two wheel cart
[Chorus]
E D E A
Yelling Jellico coal man, Jellico coal man
E D E D E
Jellico coal man, coal, coal, coal
E D E A
Jellico coal man, I'm the Jellico coal man
E D E D E
Jellico coal man, coal, coal, coal
E D E
Coal, coal, coal
E D E
Coal, coal, coal
[Outro]
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E D E A E D E D E
E D E
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