Lyrics

[Intro] This is a song that we can all join in on the chorus. It's called 'Dark as a Dungeon' [Verse 1] Come all you young fellers So young and so fine And seek not your fortune In the dark dreary mine It will form as a habit And seep in your soul 'Til the stream of your blood Runs as black as the coal [Chorus] Where it's dark as a dungeon And damp as the dew Where the dangers are double And the pleasures are few Where the rain never falls And the sun never shines Lord, it's a dark as a dungeon Down in the mines [Verse 2] Now it's many a man I've seen in my day Who lived just to labor His whole life away Like a fiend for his dope Or a drunkard his wine A man must have lust For the lure of the mine [Chorus] Where it's dark as a dungeon And damp as the dew Where the dangers are double And the pleasures are few Where the rain never falls And the sun never shines Lord, it's a dark as a dungeon Way down in the mines [Verse 3] Now I hope when I'm gone And the ages shall roll My body will blacken And turn into coal Then I'll look from the door Of my heavenly home And pity the miner Who's digging my bones [Chorus] Where it's dark as a dungeon And damp as the dew Where the dangers are double And the pleasures are few Where the rain never falls And the sun never shines Lord, it's a dark as a dungeon Down in the mines