Dark As A Dungeon
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band & Merle Travis - Country, Bluegrass
Dark As A Dungeon
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Duration: 2:47
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[Verse 1] Come and listen you fellows, so young and so fine And seek not your fortune in the dark, dreary mines It will form as a habit, and seep in your soul 'Till 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 danger is doubled, and pleasures are few Where the rain never falls, and the sun never shines Well, it's dark as a dungeon way down in the mine [Verse 2] There's many a man I have known in my day Who lived just to labor his whole life away Like a fiend with his dope, and a drunkard his wine A man will have lust for the lure of the mines [Chorus] Where it's dark as a dungeon, and damp as the dew Where the danger is doubled, and pleasures are few Where the rain never falls and the sun never shines Well, it's dark as a dungeon way down in the mine [Verse 3] 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 diggin' my bones [Chorus] Where it's dark as a dungeon, and damp as the dew Where the danger is doubled, and pleasures are few Where the rain never falls and the sun never shines Well, it's dark as a dungeon way down in the mine
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- Merle Travis