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Melody 1)
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Working in a coal mine, goin' down down
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Working in a coal mine. Whoop! Somebody slipped down
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Working in a coal mine, goin' down down
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Working in a coal mine. Whoop! Somebody slipped down
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Five o'clock in the morning - I'm up before the sun
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And when my workday is over - No time for having fun
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No, no, no.
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(Repeat Melody 1)
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Ahhh. I'm so tired. How long can this go on?
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Said if you see me comin' better step aside
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A lot of men didn't and a lot of men died
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I got one fist of iron, and the other of steel
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If the right one don't a get ya then the left one will
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I was born one morning when the sun didn't shine
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Picked up my shovel and walked to the line
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I hauled 16 tons of number 9 coal
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And the straw boss said "Well bless my soul."
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(Melody 2)
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Sixteen tons what do you get?
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Another day older and deeper in debt.
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Saint Peter don't you call me cuz I can't go.
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I owe my soul to the company store.
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(Melody 3)
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Hit the road Jack.
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And don't you come back no more no more no more no more.
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Hit the road Jack.
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And don't you come back no more.
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(Melody 2 and 3)
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Five o'clock in the morning
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I'm up before the sun
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And when my workday is over
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No time for having fun
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No No No
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(Melody 1 and 2)
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Ahhh. I'm so tired. How long can this go on?
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Wah wah wah. How long can this go on? Man, that's all we ever hear from this guy. Listen, you need to go out and get a job, Jack.
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(With Melody 1 and 2)
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Nobody knows the trouble I've seen.
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Nobody knows my sorrow.
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Working.
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Going.
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Working.
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Whooooop
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Somebody slipped down.
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(Repeat)
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