High Away Gone

High Away Gone

I'm going up on the mountain say
High away from the valley
I'm going up on the mountain say
High away and gone
I'm going up on the mountain say
High away from the valley
I'm going up on the mountain say
High away and gone

If you keep on digging the land
High away from the valley
Blow off the top and turn it to sand
High away gone
Massey's there to dole the draw
High away from the valley
But he'll give you a little and take the haul
High away and gone

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Well my brother what will you do
High away from the valley
When the land you love is blackened through
High away and gone
When that song you sing breaks your back
High away from the valley
When the lungs you breathe with turn to black
High away and gone

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Oh my sister what would you say
High away from the valley
When coal won't buy your bread today
High away and gone
When the man you love is in the mine
High away from the valley
When Black Maria says its time

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