Hard Times in the Mines

Arranged by Barry Abernathy, Jim VanCleve and Darrell Webb

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We're all ragged and hungry and worried and blue.
I'm so disgusted, I Don't know what to do.
It's a hard time in these old mines,
It's a hard time, poor boy.


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You sit down to breakfast and all you have to eat,
Is catheads and gravy, without a bite of meat
It's a hard time in these old mines,
It's a hard time, poor boy.


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You go down and work all day without a bite to eat,
Tired cold and hungry, no shoes on your feet.
It's a hard times in these old mines,
It's a hard time, poor boy.


Verse
When asked about leaving, this is what you say:
I'm so poor and ragged, I'll never get away.
It's a hard time in these old mines,
It's a hard time, poor boy.


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You get through the summer on taters and greens
In wintertime you live on cornbread and beans.
It's a hard times in these old mines,
It's a hard time, poor boy.


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I'll do the best I can, and you do what you like.
You better get together boys and come out on a strike.
It's a hard times in these old mines,
It's a hard time, poor boy.

Verse
Strike for Union conditions, fair pay by the ton.
Stick together brothers till the victory you have won.
It's a hard times in these old mines,
A hard time, poor boy.