《Blue Diamond Mines》歌词

[00:00:00] Blue Diamond Mines - Jean Ritchie

[00:00:05] I remember the ways in the bygone days

[00:00:10] When we was all in our prime

[00:00:14] How us and john l gave the old man hell

[00:00:19] Down in the blue diamond mines

[00:00:26] Where the whistle would blow 'fore the rooster crowed

[00:00:31] Full two hours before daylight

[00:00:35] When a man done his best and he earned his good rest

[00:00:40] And had seventeen dollars at night

[00:00:44] In the mines in the mines in the blue diamond mines

[00:00:49] I have worked my life away

[00:00:54] In the mines in the mines in the blue diamond mines

[00:00:59] Oh fall on your knees and pray

[00:01:05] You old black gold you've taken my soul

[00:01:11] Your dust has darkened my home

[00:01:15] And now that i'm old you're turning your back

[00:01:22] Where else can an old miner go

[00:01:27] Well first it's big block and then leatherwood

[00:01:31] And now it's blue diamond too

[00:01:36] The pits are all closed and it's go find a job

[00:01:41] What else can an old miner do

[00:01:45] In the mines in the mines

[00:01:47] In the blue diamond mines

[00:01:50] I worked my life away

[00:01:54] In the mines in the mines

[00:01:56] In the blue diamond mines

[00:01:59] I fall on my knees and pray

[00:02:09] Your union is dead and you're shaking your head

[00:02:14] They say mining's had its day

[00:02:18] But you're stripping off my mountain top

[00:02:24] And you pay me three dollars a day

[00:02:30] Well you might get a poke of welfare meat

[00:02:35] A little poke of welfare flour

[00:02:38] But i tell you right now you won't qualify

[00:02:43] Less you work for a quarter an hour

[00:02:47] In the mines in the mines

[00:02:49] In the blue diamond mines

[00:02:52] I worked my life away

[00:02:56] In the mines in the mines

[00:02:58] In the blue diamond mines

[00:03:01] I fall on my knees and pray

[00:03:11] John l had a dream but it's broken it seems

[00:03:17] Our union is letting us down

[00:03:21] Last week they took away my hospital card

[00:03:27] And it's why don't you leave this old town

[00:03:37] Well you go downtown and you hang around

[00:03:42] Well maybe it ain't so bad

[00:03:46] Then you come back home and they meet you at the door

[00:03:52] And it's what did you bring me dad

[00:03:56] In the mines in the mines

[00:03:58] In the blue diamond mines

[00:04:01] I worked my life away

[00:04:05] In the mines in the mines

[00:04:07] In the blue diamond mines

[00:04:10] I fall on your knees and pray