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dottie rambo - west kentucky coal mines (aka - the battle of the 40 miners) lyrics

[verse 1]
from the hills of west kentucky
there’s a story all the people tell
all about forty miners
the widows know it all too well
it happened in late december
three miles under the ground
the roof gave tremblin’ warnin’
the earth gave a rumblin’ sound

[verse 2]
now, billy, jack and willie clayton
were busy loadin’ number nine coal
the railroad cars were strainin’
from the weight of the miners’ black gold
willie gave a scream of warnin’
the roof came cavin’ in
thirty eight men behind them, lord
they’d never been seen again

[verse 3]
from miles all around they gathered
diggin’ in the freezin’ snow
prayin’ for the sound of voices
from the dungeon three miles below
wille clayton’s widow was prayin’
holdin’ to her preacher’s hand
she looked straight into the heavens
and cried “god, please save my man”
[verse 4]
three days and nights, they labored
but their searchin’ had been in vain
blood and tears were mingled
with the fallin’ of the freezin’ rain
down a cinder lane sits a cabin
with a wreath hangin’ on the door
an unpaid bill in the mailbox
billy owed at the company store

[chorus]
there’s no graves quite so cold
as the west kentucky coal mine
roses just won’t bloom
where the sun can’t shine
forty crosses, high on a hill
somewhere in union county
black stones mark the graves of the west kentucky coal mine

- dottie rambo lyrics

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