Miner’s Song lyrics
by Woody Guthrie
It happened an hour ago
Way down in this tunnel of coal
Gas caught fire from somebody's lamp
And the miners are choking in smoke
Goodbye to di*kie and Honey
Goodbye to the wife that I love
Lot of these men not coming home
Tonight when the work whistle blows
Dear sisters and brothers goodbye
Dear mother and father goodbye
My fingers are weak and I cannot write
Goodbye Centralia, goodbye
It looks like the end for me
And all of my buddies I see
We're all writing letters to children we love
Please carry our word to our wives
We, found a little place in the air
Crawled and drug ourselves here
But the smoke is bad and the fumes coming in
And the gas is burning my eyes
Dear sisters and brothers goodbye
Dear mother and father goodbye
My fingers are weak and I cannot write
Goodbye Centralia, goodbye