Down In A Coal Mine - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
DOWN IN A COAL MINE Sung by Tony Pastor. 
I am a jovial collier lad, And blithe as blithe can be, For let the times be good or bad They'ro all the same to me; Tis little of the world I know And care less for its ways. For where the dog-star never glows I wear away my days. 
Chorus. Down in a coal mine, underneath the ground. Where a gleam of sunshine never cau be found; Digging dusky diamonds nil the season round, Down in a coal mine, underneath the ground. 
My hands are horny hard. And black with working in the vein. And like the clothes upon my hack My speech is rough And plain; Well, if I stumble with my tongue I've one excuse to say, 'Tis not the collier's heart that's wrong, 'Tis the head that goes astray.-Chorus. 
At every shift, be it soon or late, I haste my bread to earn, And anxiously my kindred wait And watch for my return; For death that levels all alike, Whate'er their rank may be. Amid the fire and damp may strike And fling his darts at me.-Chorus. 
How little do the great ones care Who sit at home 6ecure, What hidden dangers colliers dare, What hardships they endure; The very fires their mansions boast. To cheer themselves and wives. Mayhap were kindled at the cost Of jovial colliers' lives.-Chorus. 
Then cheer up lads, and make ye Much of every joy ye can; But let your mirth be always such As best becomes a man; However fortune turns about We'll still be jovial souls, For what would America bo Without the lads that look for coals.-Chorus.