West Virginia Mine Disaster

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Say, did you see him walking? it 
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was early this morning
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He passed by your house on his 
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way to the coal
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He was tall, he was slender, and 
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his blue eyes so tender
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His occupation was mining, West 
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Virginia his home

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It was just about noon, I was 
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feeding the children
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Ben Moseley come running for to 
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give us the news
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Number eight is all flooded, many 
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men are in danger
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And we don't know their number, 
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but we fear they're all gone

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So I picked up the baby and I 
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left all the others
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For to comfort each other and 
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pray for our own
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There's Tommy, fourteen, and 
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there's John not much younger
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Soon their own time will be coming
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 to go down the black hole

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Now what will I say to his poor 
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little children?
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And what will I tell his dear 
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mother at home?
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And what will I say to my poor 
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heart that's clear broken?
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To My heart that's clear broken if
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 my baby is gone

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C#  F#  E   B

F#m  F#m  A  B

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F#m
Now if I had the money to do more 
than just feed them
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I'd give them good learning, the 
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best could be found
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So when they grew up they'd be 
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checkers and weighers
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And not spend their life digging 
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in (drawn out) the dark underground

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Say, did you see him walking? it 
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was early this morning
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He passed by your house on his way
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 to the coal
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He was tall, he was slender, and 
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his blue eyes so tender
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His occupation was mining, West 
Virginia his home