C F CPoor hardworking miners, their troubles are greatGSo often while working, they meet a sad fateC F CKilled by some accident, there's no one to tellG CTheir mining's all over, poor miner farewellF COnly a miner, killed under the groundGOnly a miner, but one more is goneC F COnly a miner, but one more is goneG CLeaving his wife and four children aloneC F CLeaving his little ones out on the streetGTired and hungry with nothing to eatC F CMomma is jobless and papa is deadG CThey're coal miners' children, begging for bread( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/faun_fables/only_a_miner_crd.html )F COnly a miner, killed under the groundGOnly a miner, but one more is goneC F COnly a miner, but one more is goneG CLeaving his wife and four children aloneC F CWhen I'm in Kentucky, so often I'll meetGCoal miners' children out on the streetC F CWhat are you doing, to them I have saidG CWe're coal miners's children, begging for breadF COnly a miner, killed under the groundGOnly a miner, but one more is goneC F COnly a miner, but one more is goneG CLeaving his wife and four children aloneCTheir mining's all overF CCoal miner farewell
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