Potbelly Stove

POT BELLY STOVE
[BERNIE FAULKNER] p17
VS 1
IT WAS MY JOB WHEN THE WEATHER GOT COLD
TO CUT UP THE KINLIN AND CARRY IN THE COAL
GRANDPAW WOULD LIGHT UP A DIAMOND KITCHEN MATCH
HE'D GET HER SMOKING AND I'D CARRY OUT THE ASH

VS 2
WELL WHEN HE'D GET HER GOIN GOOD HE'D POUR ON THE COAL
AND IT'S POP AND CRACK AND THE BLACK SMOKE WOULD ROLL
HE'D OPEN THAT OLD ASH DOOR AND GIVE A CAREFUL STIR
THE FIRE IN HER BELLY WARMED THE COLD MOUNTAIN AIR

CHORUS
CHERRY RED ON THE BOTTOM COAL BLACK ON THE TOP
IT DIDN'T TAKE BUT ONE TIME TO BLISTER
TO FIND THAT STOVE WAS HOT
IT'S WHERE WE ALL GATHERED ROUND
WHEN WE COME IN FROM THE COLD
OH THERES MANNY BIG TALE BEEN TOLD ROUND THAT POT BELL STOVE


I REMEMBER SITTING THERE ON MY GRANDPAWS KNEE
AND EVERY SINGLE WORD THAT HE EVER TOLD ME
SAID SON YOU NEEDINT WORRY BOUT EVER GETTIN COLD
CAUSE THEM THERE MOUNTIANS ARE PLUM FULL OF COAL

I WENT TO THE PONY MINE WITH HIM THAT DAY
HE SAID HE WANTED ME TO SEE HOW HE EARNED HIS PAY
I GOT KINDA SCEARED WHEN I WALKED THRU THE MOUTH
THE DARKES OF DARK IS WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT
CHORUS 2
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