Cumberland Blues - Live at Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis (Live Broadcast)

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I can't stay much longer, Melinda The sun is getting high I can't help you with your troubles If you won't help with mine I gotta get down, I gotta get down I gotta get down to the mine [Verse 2] Keep me up just one more night, I can't sleep here no more Little Ben clock says quarter to eight; you kept me up 'till four I gotta get down, I gotta get down Or I can't work there no more [Verse 3] A lot of poor man make a five dollar bill Keep him happy all the time Some other fella's making nothing at all And you can hear him cry "Can I go, buddy, can I go down? Take your shift at the mine?" [Chorus] Gotta get down to thе Cumberland mine Gotta get down to thе Cumberland mine That's where I mainly spend my time Make good money, five dollars a day Made anymore, I might move away [Outro] Lotta poor man got the Cumberland blues He can't win for losing Lotta poor man got to walk the line Just to pay his union dues I don't know now, I just don't know If I'm going back again I don't know now, I just don't know If I'm going back again I don't know now, I just don't know If I'm going back again