Lake Fork Verne - Gettin In The Coal

      Getting In the Coal
Copyrighted  by:  Verne Garrison-03-10-08
Valley Park, Mo.

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Dad and I would bounce down the road
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In a truck we had borrowed from the neighbors again
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On an early Sept- ember morn
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To get a load of coal before winter set in

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The truck would shudder and bounce
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As they funneled in the coal at the mine
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Small chunks of nut coal it was called
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A lot of shoveling to do once it was hauled

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Dad would back the truck up to basement window
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I pushed the heavy coal chute in
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We shoveled coal together all morning long
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Sliding the coal into the bin below

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Shiny blue-black lumps of coal
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Would burn in the furnace this winter
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But right now, to get done was the goal
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And take the truck back to the neighbor

[Chorus]
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It was a drag to me in my youth
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To have to do the chores and work that way
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But now late in life, I know the truth
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And I wish I could shovel coal again with Dad today